Mangalore, April 13: Mangalore University will have its own yakshagana mela (troupe) if everything goes as per the plan.
Vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy on Thursday said that school and college students in the region, who are interested in yakshagana, would be trained at the Dr P Dayananda Pai and Sri P Sathish Pai Yakshagana Study Centre of the university.
Delivering the presidential address at the inauguration of new collection of statues, ornaments, musical instruments and other items used in Badaguthittu yakshagana at Yakshamangala Museum of the university at Mangalagangotri near here, the V-C said, "The yakshagana study centre of the university is a suitable place to train students in yakshagana.
The centre will also give an opportunity for students to perform yakshagana and other activities related to the folk art."
The training programme will commence soon.The Yakshamangala Award 2012, which carries Rs 25,000 and citation, was bestowed on veteran yakshagana artiste K Govind Bhat on the occasion. Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy president M L Samaga, who honoured the artiste, said that yakshagana was the only art in the world, which combines culture and heritage.
"The university should take initiatives to promote the art though the yakshagana study centre. Several initiatives need to be taken to popularize the art," he added.
Century Builders proprietor P Dayananda Pai announced that Rs 2.5 lakh would be donated to set up an endowment for Yakshamangala Award.
He also handed over a cheque of Rs 10,000 for the treatment of yakshagana artiste Puthur Sridhar Bhandary.
Artist Jeevanram Sullia, who designed Yakshamangala Museum and creator of Badaguthittu yakshagana models Shivakumar Ujire were felicitated on the occasion.
The museum, which was inaugurated a year ago added seven yakshagana statues and other items related to Badaguthittu yakshagana created by Shivakumar to its collection.
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