
Watch | North Indian students learn Yakshagana at Keremane
The Hindu
Keremane Shivananda Hegde presently leads the repertory as the director of Shrimaya Yakshagana Kalakendra.
Students from outside Karnataka have been approaching the kalakendra to learn Yakshagana since 1992.
But now, it is for the first time 20 youths, including three girls, engaged in theatre activities in North India, underwent a one month training in the village in March, 2022.

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The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.











