Sanjeeva Suvarna is a cultural harbinger of coastal area: Usha Datar
Felicitation to Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna, award presentation
Udupi, July 15: Noted dancer Kalamandalam Usha Datar said that Yakshagana Guru Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna who studied Yakshagana and gave shows in more than 52 countries, was a cultural harbinger of coastal region.
Presiding over the felicitation to Yakshagana guru Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna and award presentation programme organized by the Yakshagana Kalaranga and Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna Felicitation Committee at Ajjarakadu Town Hall here on Sunday, she said that Bannanje had imbibed the art form. The practices, culture and tradition of the land he had preserved should be passed on to the next generation. Young generation should take up this responsibility, she said.
Folk artiste Guruva Koraga Hiriyadka inaugurated the programme by beating the drum on the occasion. Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna performed Yakshagana steps. Felicitation Committee chairman Dr. Bhaskarananda welcomed, while Narayana Hegde compared the programme.
Later, Sanjeeva Suvarna demonstrated Yakshagana with the teachers of the art and students. Senior artistes Hiriyadka Gopal Rao and Margoli Govinda Siregar were felicitated. Cultural thinker Lakshmisha Tholpady, mimetic expert MA Hegde, theatre director Chidambar Rao Jambe, Maharashtra Dashavatara expert Vijay Kumar Paterpakar, art critic Sadananda Menon, Vardesh Hiregange, Bhootaradhane artiste Shiroor Koraga Panara, V Jayarajan of Kerala art forms, writer Madhava Chippali and others were present on the occasion.
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DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania
Vilnius (AP/PTI): A DHL cargo plane crashed Monday morning near the Lithuanian capital.
The Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a “DHL cargo plane flying from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport.”
It posted on the social platform X that city services including a fire truck were on site.
DHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, did not immediately return a call for comment.
