death_date years_active birth_place image_size article_title birth_date background genre image origin name occupation
21 august 1931 1890 -- 1931 kurundwad 144 vishnu digambar paluskar
 18 august 1872 solo_singer hindustani classical music vishnu digambar paluskar.jpg kurundwad , bombay presidency , india vishnu digambar paluskar singer
vishnu digambar paluskar

pandit vishnu digambar paluskar -lrb- august 18 , 1872 -- august 21 , 1931 -rrb- was a hindustani musician .
he sang the original version of the bhajan raghupati raghava raja ram , and founded the gandharva mahavidyalaya in 1901 .
his original surname was gadgil , but as they hailed from the village palus -lrb- near sangli -rrb- , they came to be known as the `` paluskar '' family .
