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Bantwal: Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation celebrates anniversary

“The encouragement and efforts by art lovers of creating interest about Yakshagana among children so that they may participate in Yakshagana and the art may grow is worth congratulating,” said Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation founder president Yakshagana artiste, Sathish Shetty Patlaguthu. He was speaking after presiding over the third anniversary celebrations of Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation Trust, Punjalkatte at Punjalkatte Bangle grounds on Friday evening.

Yakshagana shows stopped amid coronavirus scare

All the Yakshagana shows of Kateel, Mandarthi, Dharmasthala, Saligrama, Perdoor, Sunkadakatte, Sasihithlu, Hosanagara, Hiriyadka, Saukooru, Madamakki, Haladi and other Yakshagana Melas have been suspended temporarily as a precautionary measure to check the outbreak of Covid-19.

Yakshadhruva Patla Sambhrama on June 2

The Yakshadhruva Patla Sambhrama 2019 will be organised at Adyar Garden on the outskirts of the city on June 2, Patla Sathish Shetty, founder – president of the Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation, said on Saturday.

Patla Trust to help ailing Yakshagana artists

Yakshadruva Patla Foundation Trust has set its sights firmly on helping ailing and infirm yakshagana artists. The trust is all set to use the Yakshadruva Patla Sambrama 2017 as a launch pad for a series of welfare measures aimed at this section of artists in an effort to recognize their contribution to this popular folk art. The Sambrama incidentally will be held at Adyar Garden at Adyar on May 28.