Mangaluru : Popular and senior Yakshagana artist Siddakatte Sadashiva Shettigar passed away at a hospital in the city on Sunday, July 20.
He was 60 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.
Shettigar, a popular ‘bannada veshadhari’ of Tenkuthittu school of Yakshagana, had performed in various Yakshagana ‘meals’ (touring troupes) for nearly four decades.
He lived at Hokkadigoli, near Siddakatte in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada.
Shettigar had performed in Yakshagana melas of Kateel, Dharmasthala, Hosanagara, Edneer and Hanumagiri. He toured last in Hanumagiri mela before announcing his retirement recently.
P. Dayananda Pai and P. Satish Pai Yakshagana Adhyayana Kendra at Mangalore University had presented its Yakshamangala Award to Shettigar a few days ago. He was the recipient of Udupi Yakshagana Kalaranga award, Sri Rama Vitala award, Kateel Gopalakrishna Asranna award and Keelaru Gopalakrishna award.
Shettigar had his own fan following for performing the roles of Mahishasura, Tarakasura, Yama, Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Mairavana, Shurpanakha, Varaha, Matsyagandha, Rudra Bheema, Veerabhadra, Tataki and the like.
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