[1] Manila was trained in music early in life by her uncle who taught her to sing bhajans.
After singing playback for the film Mayalu, she was noticed as a singer.
Manila Sotang is originally from Darjeeling, India.
She moved to Kathmandu along with her husband Uday Sotang to pursue their musical career in the late 1980s.
[3] Her daughter Shreya Sotang is a singer who has also released an album.