Mangaluru : Nearly 1,279 artistes in Dakshina Kannada district have applied for Covid relief package, as announced by the state government. The government in its relief package had announced that artistes and art troupes will be given Rs 3,000 each, benefiting 16,095 people, at an expense of Rs 4.82 crore through Kannada and Culture Department. Accordingly, […]

Mangaluru : The ‘Yakshagana’ stage in Karnataka is witnessing a curious spectacle with a Muslim woman artiste creating waves with her performances. Arshiya, the artiste from Vittal in Dakshina Kannada district, is the first woman from the Muslim community to venture into the popular traditional theatre art form. At one time, women were barred from […]

Mangaluru: The life story of Prime Minister Narendra Modi an imaginary ‘Katha Prasanga’ will be presented through a Yakshagana  performance at T V Ramana Pai Hall  on January 5. The Yakshagana titled as ‘Narendra Vijaya’ is a theatrical form of presenting Mythological and historical stories, this play, will cover Modi’s childhood days his lifestyle, political background […]

Belthangady : A family of four members, including two siblings who were both former army men, died at Hirebailu near Kalasa in Chikkamagaluru district on Monday after their car fell into an 80-feet deep gorge. One of their relatives is battling for life at a hospital in Mangaluru. The family, hailing from Belthangady in Dakshina […]

Mangaluru : Noted Yakshagana ‘bhagawatha’ Agari Raghurama, (singer-cum-director), died here on Sunday. He was 83. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. Mr. Raghurama, from Surathkal, died in a private hospital in the city, his family sources said. Mr. Raghurama hailed from a family that was into Yakshagana. His father, Agari Srinivasa, was […]

Mangaluru: Well-known Maddale artiste of Thenku Thittu Yakshagana form, Adoor Ganesh Rao died due to a cardiac arrest on Tuesday, December 11 morning. He was 50. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Deralakatte here Having been trained by his father, a well-known Maddale artiste himself Rao began his artistic career in the […]

Mangaluru: Vegetables and flowers grown on a vast area were the cynosure of all eyes as the four-day Alva’s Krishi Siri, which exposes people to farming, unfolded on the eve of the three-day Alva’s Nudi Siri, a literary and cultural extravaganza, here on Thursday. In addition, an exhibition on farm produces at the venue, named […]

Mangaluru: Prof Sumiyo Morijiri, who is a Japanese scholar and retired professor of Waseca University in Japan, studied Yakshagana and Bhootharadhane of the coast and authored a book on the same in Japanese language will be felicitated on behalf of the Kala Gangotri Yakshagana Kendra of Uchila at a function to be held at Don […]