{"id":"david-shankar","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-shankar","language":"en","name":"David Shankar","name_en":"David Shankar","name_ne":"डेबिट शंकर","description":"Nepalese playback singer","headline":"Nepalese playback singer","also_known_as":[],"summary":"David Shankar (Nepali: डेबिट शंकर; born 25 July) also spelled as Debit Shankar is a Nepalese playback singer. He started his musical career with his first song \"Kalle Bhanyo Timi Lai Ma Mayagardina Re\" and has since released more than 150 songs including \"Pahilo Number ma\", \"darsan salam\", and \"Ghin Ghin Madal\" Shankar has been involved with film soundtracks including Chakka Panja and The Dark Light. He has won Sagarmatha Music awards and Dcine awards. He was a winner of Mechi Tara and Panchthar Tara Singing Reality show.","summary_more":["Panchthar born Shankar began his formal career in music after winning the Panchthar Idol title in 2062 B.S. (circa 2005 A.D.), followed by the Mechi Tara crown in 2064 B.S. His first album, My Dreams, was released in 2068 B.S. Later, in 2081 B.S., he was involved as a judge on the Nepali singing reality television show Junior Singing Star, in Season 1."],"facts":[{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120441952#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"playback singer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1755412"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120441952#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankar","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120441952"],"faq":[],"related":[{"name":"Araniko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/araniko"},{"name":"Tara Devi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tara-devi"},{"name":"Motiram Bhatta","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta"},{"name":"Rohit Saraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rohit-saraf"},{"name":"Aanchal Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aanchal-sharma"},{"name":"Anmol K.C.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anmol-k-c"},{"name":"Indira Joshi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/indira-joshi"},{"name":"Jassita Gurung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassita-gurung"},{"name":"Pashupati Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pashupati-sharma"},{"name":"Richa Ghimire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richa-ghimire"},{"name":"Thinle Lhondup","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thinle-lhondup"},{"name":"Usha Rajak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/usha-rajak"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/david-shankar-7667b9bbeb.jpg","width":500,"height":496,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Endrabcwizart","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_shankar_singer.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): David Shankar","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankar","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q120441952","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120441952","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: David shankar singer.jpg by Endrabcwizart (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_shankar_singer.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article David Shankar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: David shankar singer.jpg — Endrabcwizart, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"David Shankar\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/david-shankar. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T15:28:16Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-shankar","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-shankar","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-shankar?lang=ne"}}