{"id":"yogesh-vaidya","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogesh-vaidya","language":"en","name":"Yogesh Vaidya","name_en":"Yogesh Vaidya","name_ne":"योगेश वैद्य","description":"Nepalese singer and musician","headline":"Nepalese singer and musician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Yogesh Vaidya (Nepali: योगेश वैद्य; 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. 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.","summary_more":["Vaidya was born at 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."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1946","date":"1946"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"18 January 2024","date":"2024-01-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"singer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177220"},{"text":"musician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639669"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogesh_Vaidya","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Yogesh Vaidya born?","a":"Yogesh Vaidya was born on 1946 in Kathmandu."}],"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":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Yogesh Vaidya","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogesh_Vaidya","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): योगेश वैद्य","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q124314218","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124314218","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"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 Yogesh Vaidya, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Yogesh Vaidya\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/yogesh-vaidya. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogesh-vaidya","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogesh-vaidya","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogesh-vaidya?lang=ne"}}