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Yakshamangala' museum opens at Mangalore University

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March 15, 2011

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Mangalore, March 15: In a bid to preserve the rich cultural heritage of Karnataka, there is a need to document Yakshagana artistes as well as rare prasangas, said Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy Chairman Kumble Sundar Rao.

Speaking after inaugurating 'Yakshamangala' museum at Dr P Dayananda Pai and P Sathish Pai Yakshagana Study Centre and conferring Yaksha Mangala award here at Mangalore University on Monday, he said “people may forget the yakshagana artistes of great stature. However, the Centre should preserve the memories of such great artistes.

The Centre should become 'Kalayathra centre' in the future.

There is a need to make an indepth study on Yakshagana characters. A library catering to the needs of yakshagana lovers should come up in the centre. An archive on the rarest prasanga should be preserved in the centre,” he added.

He called upon the people to hand over any rare art pieces related to Yakshagana to the Yakshagana Study Centre.


Dayananda Pai said that he is planning to provide monthly honorarium to the Yakshagana artistes along with starting an endowment to support the cause of sports personnel. Though Yakshagana is a rich art form, the artistes are still poor, he lamented.

He also assured to pay a sum of Rs 2,000 monthly to Kadathoka Manjunath Bhagavatha on the occasion.

The first Yakshamangala award was conferred on Kadathoka Manjunath Bhagavatha. He has served yakshagana for the last six decades. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a citation.

Museum

The museum has colourful models of Yakshagana characters. The models made of fibre were of five-and-a-half feet to seven feet in height. Mahabala Kalmadkka of Ranga Surabhi, Sullia, had prepared nine such models of characters representing the thenkuthittu school of Yakshagana.

The museum has models of Pundu Vesha, Raja Vesha, Stree Vesha, Kiratha, Bheemana Mudi, Hanumantha, Bannada Vesha, Kuttari or Rakshasa Stree Vesha and Hasya Vesha.

There are 'bannada mukhavadagalu' at the museum. The 'himmela' (background) music instruments such as chende, maddale, jagate, chakratala and harmonium have also been displayed.

At the entrance of the kendra, two models of Yakshagana characters, Devendra and Mairavana, have been installed. They are of 12 ft in height. M G K Acharya has given them the shape under the guidance of Jeevanram Sullia.

Earlier in his introductory remarks, Yakshagana Study Centre Director Dr K Chinnappa Gowda said the kendra has collected large photographs of veshas of prominent artistes which has been displayed at the museum. It has collected works, comprising manuscripts, on Yakshagana and supportive subjects. It had organised as many as 35 series of lectures on different theme in yakshagana. Dayananda Pai and Sathish Pai have created an endowment with Rs one crore. The museum was completed at the cost of Rs 18 lakh, he added.

Vice-Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankaramurthy presided.

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August 2,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 2: All the seven Airports in Karnataka have seen poor traffic even after the restoration of domestic flight services post covid-19 lockdown. Interestingly, Mangaluru International Airport, the second biggest in the state, has slipped to third position in number of number of passengers and flights. 

Of all the seven airports in State-- Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Belagavi, Mysuru, Kalaburagi and Vijaynagara (Hosapete)-- it was the Sambra (Belagavi) airport which saw the highest number of passengers and flights after Bengaluru. 

According to Airports Authority of India report released on their website recently, the Sambra airport outperformed the Managluru international airport in June. 

As many 10,224 passengers travelled to or from Belagavi airport in June, whereas Mangaluru airport saw a footfall of only 8,608 passengers including 3,726 international and 4,882 domestic passengers. Belagavi airport handled 391 flights whereas Mangaluru airport handled 190 flights.

Even the Bengaluru international airport saw a decline in the number of passengers and flights in June. Only 3.69 lakh domestic and 10,654 international passengers arrived or departed from Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru in June as against 27.59 lakh total passengers in June 2019. 

Between April-June 2020 the Bengaluru airport saw only 4.54 lakh total passengers (domestic and international) as against 84.11 lakh total passenger during the same period last year. The number of flights to and from Bengaluru also saw a huge dip in June with only 731 international (2,582 in June 2019) and 4290 domestic (16,216 in June 2019) flights.

Though the Mysuru domestic airport handled a higher number of flights compared to last June, the number of passengers either arriving or departing saw a decline. Last year June 4,775 passengers travelled in 96 flights, whereas in June 2020 the airport handled 3,158 passengers and 330 flights.

Hubballi airport saw the least number of passengers or flights among the seven airports in Karnataka in June. It saw only 55 passengers either arriving or departing from the city's airport in 14 flights in the month of June. In the same month last year, Hubballi airport, which was third busiest before the pandemic, had facilitated 45,973 passengers and handled 604 flights.

Since April 2020 to June, the Hubballi airport has handled only 18 flights (as against 1,958 during the same period last year) and 122 passengers (1,50,416 between April-June 2019).

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April 21,2020

Udupi, Apr 21:  Four walk-in sample collection units for COVID-19 test has been installed in the district, sources said on Monday.

The units have been installed at Udupi’s T M A Pai Hospital and district hospital and at Kundapura and Karkala taluk hospitals by Indian Medical Association, Udupi Branch along with Rotary Club and Red Cross Society.

Udupi district was declared COVID-19-free after all three COVID-19 positive patients were discharged after recovery and were now in home quarantine, the sources added.

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July 25,2020

Chennai, July 25: A widow living alone in her apartment in Chennai city suburbs has filed a police complaint against ABVP national president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam, accusing him of harassment, including urinating and throwing used surgical masks at her doorstep.

Shockingly, no action has been taken so far by the police, even though the complaint against Dr Shanmugam, who is in government service, was filed on July 11 at the Adambakkam Police Station here by the widow’s relative Balaji Vijayaraghavan. 

Dr Shanmugam and the 62-year-old widow were living in the same apartment complex in Nanganallur and an argument broke between them over a parking slot. “He wanted to use our parking lot. We agreed but demanded a nominal charge for using it. He was outraged by our demand and even broke our signboard at the parking lot,” Vijayaraghavan wrote in his complaint.

He also alleged that Dr Shanmugam began harassing her by throwing “pieces of chicken” outside her apartment despite knowing she is a vegetarian. Vijayaraghavan also alleged in his two-page written complaint that the ABVP National President had urinated outside the woman’s apartment gate and had been throwing garbage and used masks at her gate.

The 62-year-old woman has been living alone in her apartment for the last year following her husband’s death. In his complaint, Vijayaraghavan also said the family was “concerned about her safety”, while asking police to take action against Dr Shanmugam, who he says, “has a bad track record in maintaining rapport with neighbours.”

CCTV footage corroborates with the allegations of urinating outside the residence of the widow. However, the ABVP claimed the incident as a “malicious and derogatory propaganda” by the Congress’ student wing of NSUI.

Also Read: Finally FIR registered against ABVP national president for allegedly harassing widow

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