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Birth Name: Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel
Place of Birth: Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Birth: 20 December, 1983
Ethnicity: * father – Gujarati Indian * mother – Samoan
Aaradhna is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, and musical recording artist.
Aaradhna is the daughter of Sia’a and Jayanti Patel. Her father is from Navsari, Gujarat, India. Her mother’s family is Samoan, from the villages PapaSataua, Falealupo-uta, and Auala.
She began writing songs at eleven, and showed singing aspirations at twelve, singing along with her mother to traditional Samoan and country songs. She would imitate the songs she heard in Bollywood movies that her father watched. Aaradhna entered her first talent contest at thirteen, making it to the finals. She joined the school choir at Porirua College, and went on to form a five piece girl group, “Lovera.”