Baba Nanak is my guru and Shiv ji has blessed me immensely. I don’t have any formal training in singing. There was a gurdwara and a Radha-Krishna temple near our house in Jamshedpur. But singing bhajans is my preferred style. “I’ve sung film songs in Hindi, Bangla, Odiya. He began his singing career from Kolkata-based popular Bollywood singer Usha Uthhup’s studio, where he first sang non-religious songs. “This is a very quiet country,” says Mr Singh as he talks about experiences visit Down Under.

Popularly known as 'Lakha', this is Mr Singh's first visit to Australia. Mr Singh was in Melbourne to perform at Shri Durga Temple on the weekend. 'I come from Jamshedpur which is mini-India, so I never saw any opposition from anyone for singing bhajans (hymns in the Hindu tradition), but after I became famous, I got a phone call from someone who objected to my singing such hymns while wearing a turban', Lakhbir Singh Lakha told SBS Punjabi.