Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Shambhu Hegde no more


Rangasthala regrets to announce the death of Keremane Shambhu Hegde, one of the all-time great Yakshagana personalities, in the early hours of today. He was playing the role of Shri Rama in the episode Kusha-Lava when death came calling.

Like the Late Shiriyara Manju Naik and the Late Damodara Mandechcha, Shambhu Hegde goes down in the history of Yakshagana as an artiste who breathed his last while performing on the stage.

Read a tribute by Dr Purushothama Bilimale, director, American Institute of Indian Studies, New Delhi

Read an obituary by Rajashekhara Hegde

1 comments:

YAKSHA THE KING said...

yakshaganada surya asthangathnagi yakshbhimanigaligella innillavada shambhu swargadalli punaha devathegalannu ranjisuva kalavidanagali.Adbhutavada ondu yakshakala meruparvatha indu kusidide.Samudrakke samudrave upameya,himalayakke himalayave upameya Keremane shambhu hegdege Keremane Shambhu hegdeye Upameya.Avara atmakke mukthi sigali.Mathe yakshagana kalavidanagi huttibarali.