Yogesh Vaidya
Master degree in food and nutrition, Ghent University, Belgium • Occupation — Singer, musician Yogesh Vaidya (1946/1947 – 18 January 2024) was a Nepalese singer and musician. He sang Nepali- and Newari-language songs. He is known as Muhammad Rafi of Nepal.
Yogesh Vaidya
- Name
- Yogesh Vaidya
- Born
- 1946/1947
- Birthplace
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Education
- Santi Nikunja School (2016) ISC, Amrit science campus BSC, Tribhuwan College, MSC (Botany)Tribhuwan University
- Died
- 2024 · Kathmandu.
- Nationality
- Nepal
- Occupation
- singer · musician
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Master degree in food and nutrition, Ghent University, Belgium • Occupation — Singer, musician Yogesh Vaidya (1946/1947 – 18 January 2024) was a Nepalese singer and musician. He sang Nepali- and Newari-language songs. He is known as Muhammad Rafi of Nepal.
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Yogesh Vaidya (1946–2024) was a musician and singer and a national of Nepal. The musician was born and died in Kathmandu.
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His most popular songs include Sapana Bhulayee Saara, Mero Aanshumaa Nahanse and Nepal Mero Timilai Upahar Bhayo. Jai Namo Siri Buddha Bhagwan, Jimi Yahmah Thaun Jithay Wai are some of his popular Newari songs. Vaidya was born in Nardevi of Kathmandu in 1946 to 1947. He worked in civil service and retired in 2005. He did his master's in food and nutrition from Ghent University of Belgium.
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• Name — Yogesh Vaidya • Born — 1946/1947 • Birthplace — Kathmandu, Nepal • Education — Santi Nikunja School (2016) ISC, Amrit science campus BSC, Tribhuwan College, MSC (Botany)Tribhuwan University
Death
Death
Vaidya died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 77. He had suffered from diabetes and had undergone a kidney transplant.
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Awards
• First prize in the National song conference • Chhinnalata song award • Mahila Geetkar Sangh lifetime achievement award in 2016 • Yogesh Vaidya received Pratisthan's lifetime award by Natya Sangit Pratisthan in 2018 • Bindabasini lifetime achievement awards in 2021
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- 1.सम्झनामा नेपालका महम्मद रफी योगेश वैद्य. newsofnepal.com.
- 2.Veteran singer Yogesh Vaidya dies aged 77.
- 3.रहेनन् गायक योगेश वैद्य.
- 4.'नेपाली संगीतलाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रियस्तरमा फैलाउन चाहन्थे योगेश वैद्य'. Online Khabar.
- 5.Republica. Veteran singer and composer Vaidya passes away. My Republica.
- 6.Keshav. Veteran singer Vaidya honoured. The Himalayan Times. 5 June 2016.
- 7.Vaidya and Vaishnav honoured.
- 8.11th Bindabasini Music Award concludes.
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