Vishwanath Jadhav (5 October 1885 – 1 September 1964) was an Indian classical khyal singer and a disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, the founder of Kirana gharana (singing style).
[1] Jadhav was appointed a court musician of the former princely state of Kolhapur by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj in 1920s.
[6] In 1938, he also composed music for the mythological film Dhurva Kumar based on Dhruva's story.
[5] On 4 April 1952, Pandit Vishwanathbuwa was honoured by the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya at Delhi.
[1][7] In May 2012, the committee submitted a collection of about 500 notations of various bandishes that Pandit Jadhavbuwa preserved of his learning from his gurus Ustad Nissar Hussein Khan and Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, to a Pune-based group the "Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj" (PBGS).