
Folk artist Basavalingaiah Hiremath passes away
The Hindu
The Karnataka government had honoured him with a Karnataka Rajyotsava award for his life time achievement in the field of folk theatre
Basavalingaiah Hiremath, senior theatre personality, actor, singer, director and folklore expert, died in Bengaluru on January 9 morning.
The 65-year-old artist was under treatment in a private hospital for some time.
The Karnataka Rajyotsava award winning folk artist was known across the country for his performance of `Sri Krishna Parijata’, the classic Kannada play. The three hour long drama about the life of Lord Krishna and his wives Rukmini and Satyabhama was peppered with song -dance and long dialogues. The performance was in Doddata folk theatre style.

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