Meena Das Narayan — a writer, poet, philanthropist, director and an artiste and the lady behind the luxury magazine in Dubai (Gulf Connoisseur) — is gifting something special to Karnataka. “Darkness ...

Yakshagana, or the song of the demigods, originated in Karnataka around 500 years ago. It acquired a theatrical form by blending elements of music, dance, mime, costume and dialogue. The themes for ...

Will Yakshagana become the representative performing art of Karnataka? Some writers and art lovers here expect the seven-member committee constituted by the State government to draft a comprehensive ...

Mangaluru: Noted Yakshagana exponents from the coastal districts said on Thursday that they are mulling over suing Prof Purushothama Bilimale, chairperson, Kannada Development Authority (KDA), for his ...

The ancient form of Yakshagana is not easy to enact and entertain audiences with. Come Sunday and the audience will witness something challenging, witty and thoroughly entertaining. Tala Maddale, a ...

Chairman of Karnataka Yakshagana Academy Talluru Shivarama Shetty on Saturday asked Yakshagana artists to ensure that there were no aberrations in the performances. The artists should uphold the ...

Want to flaunt mastery over yakshagana just as a student of bharathanatyam does with a junior, senior or vidwat degree? Then tarry a little. MANGALORE: Want to flaunt mastery over yakshagana just as a ...

KASARAGOD: At a stone’s throw away from the Sri Parthasarathi Temple at Mujangavu in Kasaragod district lies a massive structure, decaying with time, roof tiles broken and ripped apart, and the ...

UDUPI : With four decades of performing and teaching Yakshagana, 70-year-old Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna, a Yakshagana artiste and teacher, managed to leave an indelible mark in coastal Karnataka ...

In the back to back tributes that were paid to Girish Karnad, Kannada litterateur and playwright and actor extraordinaire, there was one remarkable aspect of his growing up years in Sirsi that stood ...