Padmanur's Yakshagana | 03 Jan 2020

Recently, the Yakshagana committee hosted the 60^th annual Yakshagana in the Padmanur village, Karnataka.

The committee is officially known as the Sarvajanika Yakshagana Bayalata Samithi and was set up in 1959.
It is a multi-faith committee consisting of Hindus, Christians and Muslims and it hosts Yakshagana every year.

It is a rare and unique traditional theatre of Karnataka state in India and has a recorded history of more than 5 centuries.
It is a rich artistic blend of music, dance, speech, and costumes, this art combines the features of opera as well as drama, the characteristics of moral education and mass entertainment.
Yakshagana is strongly influenced by the Bhakti movement.