Participating in a seminar held at Delhi on Yakshagana ( July 11, 2015)
Monday, August 3, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Devi Mahatme Yakshagana
First time full night Yakshagana at Delhi
Devi Mahatme
On July 11, 2015
Yakshagana is a theater form
that combines dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up, and stage techniques
with a unique style and form. Yakshagana is traditionally performed from dusk
to dawn, but recently it has been reduced to three hours performance. However,
few troops supported by temples are still performing full night Yakshagana, but
with lesser audience. In this context,
the South Kanara Club and the Academy of Tenkutittu Yakshagana, in association
with local organizations at Delhi, have planned to organize a full night
Yakshagana at Delhi Karnataka Sangha auditorium on July 11, 2015. The
performance will begin at 9.30 PM on July 11th and concludes next
day morning at 6 am.
Eminent
artists selected from various troops will present Devi Mahatme or " the magnanimity of the
goddess). This episode describes the victory of the goddess Durga over various demons including Chanda, Munda, Mahishasura, Rakthabija, Shumbha and Nishumbha.
Devi Mahatme is one of the most popular
Yakshagana watched by millions of people.
According to a study, more than 100000 performances already carried out
and 16000 performances already booked in advance for next 10 years. This is an
amazing story of an Indian theater which is not only vibrant, but also very influential in the religious and social
life of costal Karnataka.
Devi Mahatmte is
seen as an attempt to unify the Vedic male pantheon with the pre-existing
mother goddess cult possibly dating to the 9th century BC. and an attempt to
define divinity as a female principle. The Yakshagana text
synthesizes a number of pre-existing mother goddess ( Chamundi, Kali, Durga,
Sapta Matrikas etc) myths into a single narrative which has been crystalized
and beautifully presented by the artists. Various colors, headgears, costumes and
dancing styles made this episode very unique.
List of artists
participating
in Devi Mahatme
Yakshagana
to be held at
Delhi on July 11, 2015
Musicians:
Bhagawatas
: Shri Balipa Narayana Bhagawata, Patla Sathish Shetty and Prafulla Chandra Nelyadi
Chende
and Maddale: Shri Delanthamajalu Subramanya Bhat,
Padmanabha Upadhya, Krishnaprakash Ullittaya and Mijar Devananda Bhat
Chakratala:
Poornesh Acharya
Actors:
Adi Maye: Gangadhara Puttur Brahma:
Vasantha Gowda
Vishnu : Mohana Ammunje Maheshwara : Ganesh Kannadaikatte
Madhu: Nidle
Govinda Bhat Kaitabha : Umesh Shetty Ubaradka
Malini: Akshaya Kumar Suparshvaka
: Mohana Bellippady
Diti : Gangadhara Puttur Raktheshwari : Nagri
Mahabala Rai
Doota: Mahesh Maniyani Vidyunmali: Rakesh Rai Adka
Purohita : Mahesh Maniyani Yaksha:m : Lokesh
Muchoor
Mahishasura: Nagri Mahabala Rai Shankhasura :
Hariraj Shettigar
Durgasura : Gangadhara Puttur Bidalasura : Madhava Kolattamajalu
Devendra : Ganesh Kannadikatte Agni:
Lokesh Muchoor
Varuna : Prashant Kalladka Vayu : Sathish Nirkere
Shree Devi-1 : Smt Vidya Kolyur Shree Devi-2: Prashant
Shetty Nellyadi
Simha : Prashant Kalladka Sumbhasura : Harinarayana Bhat Edneer
Nishumbhasura :
Balakrishna Mijaru Mundasura:
Mohan Bellippady
Chandasura : Chandrashekhara Dharmasthala Sugreeva : Madhava Kolattamajalu
Dhumraksha : Hariraja
Shettigara Kali: Sathish Nirkere
Rakthabijasura:
Surikumer Govinda Bhat Patri : Mahesh Maniyani
Makeup
: Monappa, Shekhara ana Raghu Shetty
Costume: Devakana
Krishna Bhat
All
are invited
South Kanara Club
Academy of Tenku Tittu Yakshagana
New Delhi
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Prof. Namvar Sing
Kuvempu Rashtreeya Puraskar ( 2014) will be awarded to noted Hindi writer Prof. Namvar Singh. The Award carries
an amount of Rs.5,00,000 ( Five Lakh) and a citation. The award will be given
to him on December 29th at poet Kuvempu’s birthplace by the Chief
Minister of Karnataka Shri Siddaramaiah. In the previous year ( 2013) the award
was confirmed to Dr. Sachidanandan, noted poet of from Kerala.
Kuppali Venkata Puttappa ( 1904 --1994), popularly known as kuvempu major poet
of 20th century, was a prolific writer. His works include 27 collection of
poems,10 Literary Essays,12 Plays,3 collection of short stories,4
Translations,2 Biographies, 2 Novels of greater magnitude,1 Autobiography,1
Epic, 3 khandakaavyas,etc. He has received
the prestigious Jnanapitha Award for his epic Shree Ramayana Darshanam,
and also received Padmavibhushan from Government of India .
This National Award was instituted
during 2013. ‘ The committee headed by noted critic Dr CN Ramachandran ( others
are Shri Agrahara Krishnamurthy, former secretary, Central Sahitya academy and
Dr. Purushottama Bilimale, scholar and critic) has unanimously selected Dr
Namvar Singh for the 2014 Award for his excellent contributions to Hindi literary
criticism’ said the president of Kuvempu Pratishthana Prof. Hampa
Nagarajaiah.
Dr. Namvar Singh:
Dr.
Namwar Singh (Born 1927) is a distinguished author and critic in Hindi. Born in
a peasant family at Jiwanpur (Dist. Varanasi), Dr. Namwar Singh was educated at
the Banaras Hindu University, obtaining the degree of Ph. D. in Hindi
Literature in 1953. He then taught at Banaras and Sagar Universities. Latter he
worked as a professor and Head of the Hindi Department, Jodhpur University and
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
He has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the
Wardha-based Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Gujarat. During
his tenure as the vice Chancellor, Dr Singh tried to improve the teaching
standards of the University and impart a new direction to its activities to
maintain its uniqueness.
Dr. Namwar Singh wrote poetry during his student days. Soon he joined the Progressive Writers movement. He published his first book of essays, Bakalam Khud, in 1951. Later he turned to literary criticism, and has published a number of works. He also edits the Hindi quarterly Alochana. His Kavita ke Naye Pratiman, is a comprehensive study of the New Poetry movement in Hindi emphasizing the necessity for a new criteria to evaluate poetry. For its clarity of vision and analytic acumen, the work has been hailed as an outstanding contribution to contemporary Hindi literature. Prof. Namvar Singh has received Sahitya akademi award for this book
Dr. Namwar Singh wrote poetry during his student days. Soon he joined the Progressive Writers movement. He published his first book of essays, Bakalam Khud, in 1951. Later he turned to literary criticism, and has published a number of works. He also edits the Hindi quarterly Alochana. His Kavita ke Naye Pratiman, is a comprehensive study of the New Poetry movement in Hindi emphasizing the necessity for a new criteria to evaluate poetry. For its clarity of vision and analytic acumen, the work has been hailed as an outstanding contribution to contemporary Hindi literature. Prof. Namvar Singh has received Sahitya akademi award for this book
The new criteria springing up in the
Hindi poetry after the Chhayavad have been marked by Namvar Singh. The criteria
are those of realistic poetry: for example, poetic diction, ‘plainness of
statement’, dramatic poetic structure, absurdity and irony, complexity and
tension of experience, and honesty. These are related to both the form and
content of poetry. The criteria concerning poetic diction, 'plainness of
statement', and structure are related to the form while the other criteria are
related to the content of poetry. What characterizes Singh's approach is that
he analyses neither of the two sets of criteria as independent in itself. He
analyses the formal criteria in relation to the content and
vice-versa.
Not only is Namvar Singh,the most
important literary critic in Hindi today, but he also perhaps with Nirmal Verma, the most
articulate and influential of all living Hindi writers, whether critical or creative. Over the last decade or so he
has acquired a pan Indian reputation as one of the tallest literery and
cultural critics writing in any Indian language. He was one of the first
critics in the country – as distinct from the poets, novelists, and dramatists
to win a Sahitya Akademy award ( 1971) and the invitation to him to deliver the
keynote address Sahitya Akademi festival of letters in 1991 was again the kind
of honor usually accorded only to the most eminent for our creative writers.
His s well-known works are-
1. Doosri Parampara Ki Khoj ( 2008)
2.
Bakalam
Khud ( Poetry, 1051)
3.
Chhayavad ( Criticism, 2007)
4.
Kavita Ke
Naye Pratimaan ( Criticism 2004)
5.
Aalochak Ke Mukh Se ( Criticism, 2005)
6.
Itihas Aur Aalochana ( Criticism, 2009)
7.
Wad Vivad Samwad ( Novel 2007)
8.
Hindi Ke Vikas Main Apbhransh Ka Yog
( Criticism 2006)
9.
Aadhunik Sahitya Ki Pravartiyan ( Criticism,
2008)
10.
Karl Marx: Kalaa Aur Sahitya Chintan
( Criticism, 2010)
11.
Prithveeraj Raso : Bhasha Aur Sahitya
( Short stories, 2007)
12. Aalochana Aur Vichardhara ( Criticism, 2012)
13. Bharatiya Samaj ( Criticism, 2009)
14. Hindi Ka Gadhyaparv ( Criticism, 2010)
15. Sath Sath ( interviews, 2012)
16. Zamane Se Do Do Hath ( Novel, 2010)
Address:
Prof. Namwar Singh
32-A Shivalik Apartment
SFS Alakhananda, Kalkaji
New Delhi - 110 019
Ph: 011-26033762 / 09811210285
Friday, September 12, 2014
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