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Brad Hogg’s pic with Kudla girl, tryst with yakshagana win 'Mangalorean’ hearts

Abhishek Bhat | coasaldigest.com news network
August 21, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Little did former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg know that the south Indian state of Karnataka too has a city called Mangalore until he met Star Sports' polyglot sports presenter Madhu Mailankdoy, who happens to be a Mangalorean.

The left-hander, who is currently in Karnataka as a commentator for the ongoing Karnataka Premiere League (KPL Season 8), had posted his photograph with Ms Mailankdoy on Instagram soon after landing in Bengaluru. The photo of Australian sports star with the desi beauty of Star Sports won much appreciation of the netizens on social media overnight.

“Must visit someday,” was the response of the all-rounder-turned-commenter, when Ms Mailankody spilled the beans about the common name city a couple of days later. Hogg soon slipped into surfing mode and much to his surprise, India’s Mangalore was greater city than the one he knew in Australian state of Victoria. (Of course, this Mangalore has now become Mangaluru after undergoing a minor spelling reform surgery as part of Kannadization drive in the state of Karnataka.)

The revelation took place when Mr Hogg had already won the hearts of Mangaloreans or people of Tulu Nadu by trying his hand with Yakshagana, a traditional art form much venerated in Mangalore region.

On Sunday, Hogg had casually attended a class organised by the Sanskriti - Yakshanubhava, a team of Yakshagana enthusiasts from Tulu Nadu led by Satish Agpala at VV Puram Arts college of Bengaluru. Mesmerised by the art, he tried to match steps with Prasad Cherkady, a Yakshagana artiste and learnt a couple of basic steps of the Trivude Talam. He went on to play a special percussion instrument known as the Chende, guided by renowned senior artist Madhur Mohan Saralaya. By next day the videos of the moment had gone viral on social media.

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Arvind D’Souza
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Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019

Didn’t he know Mangalore? So sad. I thought Church attack and Pub attack had made Mangalore world famous.

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