Uma Mohan

Uma Mohan (born October 31, 1966) is an Indian singer, musician, record producer and composer. She is best known for her conceptualized albums in Sanskrit from the Vedic scriptures.

Early life
Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India into a family of musicians, she was trained from her childhood by her mother and Guru P.L.Saraswathy Ram in South Indian classical music. She learned several compositions of her great-great grandfather Mahathma Sri Neelakanta Sivan -an enlightened Saint from Padmanabhapuram, Kerala. Her father (late) K.V.Ram a renowned industrialist from Chennai was her inspiration and strength at all times. She has an elder brother R. Ravikrishnan and an elder sister Rama Chandiramani. She was schooled at Rosary Matriculation, Chennai and obtained her Masters in Commerce from the Madras University.
Career
Initially, after having had several experiential and spiritual revelations, she began writing songs in Tamil, which she released as Bhajan albums. After which, she recorded a series of Devotional albums with songs in Indian languages including Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and other languages like Singhalese and English. She also released an English album for divine healing, called “Ocean Of Love” which was well received in Russia, Sweden, and India.
At this point, her interest in the Vedas took over being inspired by her guide Dr. Shankarabagavadpada, a nuclear scientist and scholar, who motivated her to study the Vedas, she embarked on this Vedic Voyage, and started coaching a group to chant the Vedas for various spiritual gatherings conducted by the “Oneness University”, which on popular demand materialized as the Sacred Chants Series of albums.
Her albums have a concept and enable one to feel God as an experience. Her goal is mainly to take the positive vibrations of the scriptures to every home and into every child’s life. She endeavours to mix different kinds of music with the regular rendering of Vedas, ceremoniously maintaining the authenticity yet giving different flavours by enhancing each song, sprinkling it with delicate harmonies and adding a gentle western touch, making the songs and scriptures more enjoyable and universal.
Personal life
Uma Mohan is also an artist, dramatist, dancer, poet and writer. She married T. Mohan Rao, a businessman and social worker from Chennai on 27 June 1990. They have two daughters Krupa Mohan and Kruti Mohan.
Her family is very supportive to her work and her intention to bring home the essence of the Vedas making it accessible to every person.
Discography
*Moolamantra (2001)
*Sacred Chants for Peace, Prosperity & Enlightenment (2001)
*Moolamantra II (2002)
*Sacred Chants II for Courage, Confidance & Limitless Joy (2002)
*Sacred Chants III for Stress Relief, Immunity & Longevity (2002)
*Divine Chants of Ganesh (2004)
*Sounds of Harmony (2005)
*Amruthavarsha Shlokas on Ganapathi, Guru & Navagraha (2005)
*Shanti mantra (2006)
*Amruthavarsha III Shlokas on Vishnu (2006)
*Divine Chants of Mahalakshmi (2006)
*Divine Chants of Shiva (2007)
*Dhan Laabh (2007)
*Kundalini - The Awakening of Chakras (2008)
*Divine Chants of Rudra (2008)
*Divine Chants of Shakti (2008)
*Trishakti (2008)
*Divine Chants of Guru (2009)
*Vedanta Wisdom (2009)
Also featuring in
*Amruthavarsha II Shlokas on Devi (2005)
*Disha - A Direction for Success (2005)
*Devi (2006)
*Amruthavarsha V Shlokas on Shiva (2007)
*Spiritual Gold (2007)
*Lakshmi Ganesh (2007)
*Mahamantras for Mahashakti (2008)
*Putumayo Presents India (2009)

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