 Initially , the programme was scheduled to begin on the occasion of Gudi Padwa , beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar but later finalized to be Rama Navami , traditional birthday of Rama . The program 's first song " Kuśa Lava Rāmāyaṇ Gātī " was aired on 1 April 1955 at 8 : 45 am IST . Vidya Madgulkar , the poet 's wife , recalled in an interview that Madgulkar wrote the first song and gave it to Phadke the day before the recording ; however , Phadke lost the lyrics . With the broadcast already scheduled , station director Sitakant Lad requested Madgulkar to re @-@ write the song which was readily declined by an angered poet . Lad then decided to lock the poet in one of recording rooms equipped with all the required writing material and agreed to unlock the door only when Madgulkar is ready with the lyrics . Madgulkar then rewrote the lyrics from memory in fifteen minutes so Phadke could compose the music . 
