University set to nurture Yakshagana talent pool

Shivanand Hegde interacting with a few participants at the Yakshagana workshop | EPS Yakshagana as an art form was developed centuries ago to educate the rural population of India. Originating from Karnataka, the classical folk art merges drama, ...

Though this event was meant to celebrate Chinta Krishnamurthy, a legend in Kuchipudi Yakshagana prsentation, the focus was more on revival of Yakshagana Prakriya, the mother of Kuchipudi art. After the death of Chinta Venkata Ramayya in 1949, the ...

Kasaragod students give a sublime presentation of Sudarshana Garvabhanga

Tradition can sometimes play a vital role in a life and when it comes to a theatre style like Yakshagana, it helps lives in its own unique manner. For Begar Shivakumar, playing stree veshas (female roles) from past 29 years in his Yakshagana ...

A group of students of School of Social Work, Roshini Nilaya, on Sunday presented a skit using Yakshagana concepts to generate awareness about elections at Bharat Mall. The programme was organised...

Gen Y will shortly don the grease paint and change into a Yakshagana outfit in a colourful bid to highlight the importance of voting at the shopping malls in the city. This is among the many initiatives that the Dakshina Kannada district ...

Udupi: The 14-Annual Yakshagana Kalaranga, Talamaddale Saptaha will be organised at Rajangana here from May 20 to 26, 2013. Addressing the press meet at Kalaranaga office, Secretary Yakshagana Kalaranga, Murali Kadekar said that Paryaya Sode Maths ...

Matte Eklavya, staged at the recent META festival in New Delhi, skilfully used the folk form Yakshagana to catch the nuances of the captivating story from the Mahabharata

from special correspondent Beltangady: Rishika Singh, daughter of Sandalwood's respected producer-director S V Rajendra Singh Babu, seems to be getting into controversies in recent times. The 'Big Boss' reality show being aired by a Kannada TV ...