Nina Rao learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. As Krishna Das’ business manager/assistant, Nina tours with KD, playing cymbals and singing with him.
In 2007, she recorded the track ‘Nina Chalisa’ on Krishna Das’ CD Flow of Grace: Chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. In January 2013, she released her debut album, Antarayaami: Knower of All Hearts. Her 2nd album Anubhav was released in 2018 entirely crowd-funded. Since 1998 she has supported conservationists in preserving the sacred wilderness and forest of India via her charity SavingWildTigers.Org, She is a podcast host on the widely heard BE HERE NOW NETWORK exploring spirituality, practice and conservation of the natural world.
