Udupi : Yakshagana artiste Vandse Narayana Ganiga passed away in Udupi on Monday. He was 84. He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daugh- ter. A recipient of the Rajyotsava Award for 2014, Mr. Ganiga was a professional artiste for about four decades. He took to Yakshagana performance at the age of […]

Udupi: A Yakshagana artiste of Mandarthi Yakshagana Mela died on the stage while he was performing at Kajralli near Siriyara during the early hours of January 5. The deceased has been identified as Sadhu Kotari (58), a resident of Barkur. He was working as a Yakshagana artiste in the well-known Mandarthi Yakshagana Mela. According to sources, […]

Mangaluru : Chandrahasa Hudugodu, a Yakshagana artiste, died while performing on the stage near Baindoor in Udupi district at about 11.30 p.m. on March 10. Hudugodu, 50, was also the president of Hadinabalu Gram Panchayat, near Honnavara, in Uttara Kannada district. According to sources, he was performing the role of Salva in “Bheeshma Vijaya” episode […]

Bantwal : A well known Yakshagana artiste Gangadhar Shetty Navoor passed away due to cardiac arrest on Monday July 31. He was in Bappanadu Yakshgana Mela and had taken a leave on Monday morning. He returned to a rented house. Gangadhar Shetty collapsed on the floor when nobody in the house. Later his colleagues shifted him to […]

Mangaluru: Renowned Yakshagana artiste Gerukatte Gangaiah Shetty (63) passed away on Wednesday night after he collapsed during a performance at Yekkar; though he was rushed to a hospital, he could not be saved. Gangaiah Shetty hailed from Belthangady and was interested in Yakshagana from a very tender age; he then trained himself in the art […]

Mangaluru : Renowned Yakshagana artiste famous for comedian roles Mijar Annappa (93), passed away on Sunday April 3. He served over 66 years in the Thenkuthittu Yakshagana art and his roles of ‘Vidushaka’ (comedian) famed in several Yakshagana plays. Mijar Annappa was born in 1924 at Mijar of Thenka Yedapadavu village of Mangalore Taluk and […]

Mangalore : A Yakshagana artiste releases an airplane into the air – the painting, “Kudla goes International”, emotes the jubilant mood in the city after the first international flight took off from the Mangalore airport in 2006. And for the artist, Vishwas Krishna (22), who has been painting over the past decade, the step allows […]

Mangalore : Well-known Yakshagana artiste Sudhaker Thumbay was conferred the Yaksha Siri Award  at the Yakshaloka cultural meet organised by the Annapurneshwari Nagadeva Temple premises on October 19m Friday. Sudhaker is also the Convenor of Dubai Yakshamitraru and co-founder of Billawa Balaga, Dubai. The award is given by Yakshaloka Sanskriti Sangama of BC Road. Anil […]

Kasargod: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Madhur Ganapati Rao (89), a resident of Madhur, passed away at a private hospital in Mangalore on September 16, Sunday. He is survived by three sons and two daughters. He   had served yakshagana by being in Yakshagana troupes of Suratkal, Dharmasthala, Kudroli, Koodlu, Mulki and Uppala. He had also been honoured […]

Mangalore : The Malpe Shankernarayana Samaga Award given in memory of the renowned Yakshagana artiste, was presented to another towering Yakshagana personality Balipa Narayana Bhagavatha at a function  held in Mangalore on August 1, Wednesday. Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP presented the award and recollected the yeoman contributions of the two great personalities to enrich the […]