Yogesh Vaidya

{{Short description|Nepalese singer and musician (1946/1947 – 2024)}}

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| birth_date = 1946/1947

| birth_place = Kathmandu, Nepal

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|01|18|77|df=y}}

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| nationality = Nepalese

| education = Santi Nikunja School (2016)
ISC,Amrit science campus
BSC, Tribhuwan College, MSC (Botany)Tribhuwan University
Master degree in food and nutrition,Ghent University, Belgium

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| occupation = Singer, musician

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Yogesh Vaidya ({{langx|ne|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.{{cite web |title=सम्झनामा नेपालका महम्मद रफी योगेश वैद्य |url=https://www.newsofnepal.com/2024/01/21/620422/ |website=newsofnepal.com |access-date=21 January 2024}} His most popular songs include Sapana Bhulayee Saara, Mero Aanshumaa Nahanse and Nepal Mero Timilai Upahar Bhayo.{{Cite web| title = Veteran singer Yogesh Vaidya dies aged 77| access-date = 19 January 2024| url = https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/01/19/veteran-singer-yogesh-vaidya-dies-aged-77| archive-date = 19 January 2024| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240119050938/https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/01/19/veteran-singer-yogesh-vaidya-dies-aged-77| url-status = live}}{{Cite web| title = रहेनन् गायक योगेश वैद्य| access-date = 19 January 2024| url = https://ekantipur.com/news/2024/01/19/singer-yogesh-vaidya-is-no-more-53-30.html}}{{Cite web| title = 'नेपाली संगीतलाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रियस्तरमा फैलाउन चाहन्थे योगेश वैद्य'| work = Online Khabar| access-date = 19 January 2024| url = https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2024/01/1421874| archive-date = 19 January 2024| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240119071219/https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2024/01/1421874| url-status = live}} Jai Namo Siri Buddha Bhagwan, Jimi Yahmah Thaun Jithay Wai are some of his popular Newari songs.{{Cite web| last = Republica| title = Veteran singer and composer Vaidya passes away| work = My Republica| access-date = 19 January 2024| url = http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/150705/| archive-date = 19 January 2024| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240119073901/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/150705/| url-status = live}}

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.