Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Commemorative Stamp
2022-04-13 Wed
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was born as Vishnu Digambar Gadgil; in a Marathi family of Kurundwad, Maharashtra. His father, Digambar Gopal Paluskar, was a singer of Kirtan. As he belongs to the small village Palus (near Sangli), they came to be known as the "Paluskar" family.Vishnu Digambar Paluskar played an important role in Hindustani Music. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram. He is also credited with arranging India's national song, Vande M?taram, as it is heard today.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar founded Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a school to impart formal training in Indian classical music with some historical Indian Music on May 5, 1901.
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