A week-long ‘Yakshagana Talamaddale’ programme will be held at TMS Hall here at 4 p.m. from Sunday. It has been organised by the Yaksha Sambhrama.
Taluk Marketing Society president G.M. Hegde Hulgol will inaugurate the programme and Rajyotsava Award winner Narayan Bhagwat Nebbur and Yakshagana artiste M.A. Hegde will be present.
‘Gurudakshine will be staged on Sunday, ‘Kiratarjuna-Urvashi Shapa’ on Monday, ‘Veera Bhabruvahana’on Tuesday, ‘Taranisena Kalaga’on Wednesday, ‘Krishnarjuna’on Thursday, ‘Mahabrahmana’ on Friday and ‘Sri Ramanjaneya’ on Saturday. Yakshagana singers Narayana Bhagwat Nebbur, Anant Hegde Dantalige, Gajanan Bhat Tulageri, Satish Hegde Dantakal, Ganapati Bhat Mottegadde, and Ramakrishna Hegde Hillur will participate.
They will be supported by Shankar Bhagwat Yellapur, Narasimha Bhat Handramane on the mrudangam and Prasanna Bhat Heggar and Vigneshwar Kesarkoppa on chende.
Talamaddale artistes Radhakrishna Kalchar, Umakant Bhat Kerekai, Jabbar Sumo Sampaje, Vasudev Ranga Bhat Madur, Ravishankar Dodnalli, Ganapati Bhat Sankadgundi, Vadiraj Kalluraya, G.L.Hegde Kumta, Rama Jois Bellare, and Harish Bolantimogaru will also take part.