Mangaluru: Prohibitory orders in Uttara Kannada have come in the way of staging Yakshagana episodes. It has forced Guruprasadita Yakshagana Mandali, Saligrama, which is popularly called Saligrama Mela, to cancel its two shows. According to P. Kishen Hegde who owns the mela, the troupe was forced to cancel its prasanga (episode) titled Swarna Kutumba scheduled […]

Mangaluru: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani Ramachandra Hegde passed away at KMC hospital in Manipal on Tuesday night, due to pneumonia. He was 84. He was admitted to the intensive care unit in Manipal on Friday. One of the most popular Yakshagana artistes, Chittani, as he was widely known, hailed from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district. […]

Mangaluru : Yakshagana lovers have objected to the enacting of a ‘kissing scene’ by Pathradari Jayantha in ‘Gaana Natya Vaibhava’ Yakshagana programme at Vagenadu in Bantwal. The video footage has gone viral on social media. Some people had opposed it and others have justified it. The scene in the Yakshagana was of romance between Indra’s […]

Mangaluru : Alva’s Education Foundation has come forward to introduce an undergraduate course in Yakshagana provided Mangalore University prepared the syllabus and approved the regulations governing the course. Addressing a gathering at a function organised by Mangalore University to present its Yakshamangala Award and Yakshamangala Kruti Award at the university here on Monday, M. Mohan […]

Mangaluru : Bengaluru-based writer Indira Hegde, Kota Parava and Beta Kunhi Kulal were conferred the honorary awards for 2015 by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy here on Saturday. While Ms. Hegde was honoured for her work in Tulu literature, Mr. Parava was honoured his work in Tulu folklore. Mr. Kulal was honoured for his work […]

Udupi: Various aspects of the Jnanpith award winner late Kota Shivaram Karanth’s personality and also some of his works have come alive at a fortnight-long camp being held at the Dr. Kota Shivaram Karanth Theme Park here since September 10. As many as 10 senior sculptors and 10 junior sculptors from across the State are […]

Mangaluru : Yakshagana artiste and a noted maker of Yakshagana “mukhavarnike” (facial masks) Adoor Shreedhara Rao (78) died at his house at Adoor, Kasaragod district, on Monday. He is survived by wife and two sons. Mr. Rao was a recipient of erstwhile Karnataka Janapada and Yakshagana Academy awards. He made over 80 Yakshagana masks and […]

Mangaluru : More than 72 cultural teams from different parts of the State take part in colourful procession to the beginning of Dakshina Kannada district Karavali Utsava 2014-15. Around 6,000 people including professional artistes, around 2,000 ‘Sthree Shakthi’ members and students participated in two and half hour journey from Nehru Maidan to Karavali Utsav Maidan […]

Mangaluru : The 12th Abbakka Utsav will be held in the third week of January in Thumbay. As precursor to the Abbakka Utsav ‘Rani Abakka’, Rangadarshini will be held at Gatti Samaja Bhavan, Thokkottu Kapikad on December 21, informed Khader. He said, the government has sanctioned Rs 40 lakh for the Utsav, he added. Abba […]