
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar is a music educator, singer born in Kolhapur (British Raj).
Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (18 August 1872 – 21 August 1931) was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, and founded the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya on 5 May 1901. He is also credited with arranging India's national song, Vande Mātaram, as it is heard today. His original surname was Gadgil, but as they hailed from the village Palus (near Sangli), they came to be known as the "Paluskar" family.
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| Born | 18 August 1872, Kolhapur |
| Profession | music educator, singer |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Aquarius |
| Nakshatra | Dhanishta (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Aries |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 147 musicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 17 of them (12%) have the Moon in Aquarius, like Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, and 9 (6%) share the Dhanishta Nakshatra — the #2 most common Moon Nakshatra among musicians, where Anuradha leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was born on 18 August 1872 in Kolhapur. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar's Moon sign (Rashi) is Aquarius and the Nakshatra is Dhanishta, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar's Ascendant is Aries, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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