Vinay Chandra Maudgalya

Vinay Chandra Maudgalya
Born	1918 New Delhi, India
Died	1995
Occupation	Classical musician Vocalist
Known for	Indian classical music
Spouse(s)	Padma Devi
Children	Madhup Mudgal Mukul Mudgal Madhavi Mudgal
Awards	Padma Shri

Vinay Chandra Maudgalya was an Indian classical musician, vocalist and the founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music and dance academy for the promotion of Hindustani music and Indian classical dances. He was a follower of Gwalior gharana. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984.

Born in 1918 at the Indian capital of New Delhi to a family who had migrated from the town of Mudgal in Karnataka, Maudgalya learnt classical music under Vishnu Digambar Paluskar and Vinayakrao Patwardhan of the Gwalior gharana. In 1939, he started Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music academy of modest proportions at his residence in Connaught Place and the institution grew to become a noted arts centre over the years with an own building built on land granted by the government and over 1200 students in the disciplines of music and dance. Several renowned musicians and dancers such as Annapurna Devi, Ravi Shankar, Shambhu Maharaj, Kumar Gandharv, Malini Rajurkar, Mallikarjun Mansur and T. R. Mahalingam have performed at the academy which has been functioning at the facility at Vishnu Digambar Marg since 1974. Pt. Mudagalya is also remembered for the lyrics of the song Hind Desh ke Niwasi in the animation film Ek Anek Aur Ekta by Vijaya Mulay which won the National Film Award for Best Educational Film.

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