Bantwal: Veteran Talamaddale artiste Bare Keshava Bhat passes away at 84
Bantwal: Veteran Talamaddale and Yakshagana artiste Bare Keshava Bhat died of age-related health issues at his residence in Sannayabail, Ira village, on Saturday. He was 84 and is survived by his wife and two sons.
Bhat, who was born into a family of agriculturists in Bare of Kairangala village, Bantwal taluk, in 1941, received his schooling in Kairangala and Vitla before getting teacher’s training at a centre in Mangaluru. He worked as a teacher in Kairangala, Shirankallu and Adyanadka.
While he was popular as a teacher, Bhat is known to have contributed greatly to art and culture as he was also a writer, art event coordinator and critic. In addition, he was an amateur Yakshagana artiste, earning respect for his knowledge of the tales presented in the shows and the roles he performed. Bhat also presented several roles in the conversational art form of Talamaddale, with his contemporaries, juniors and the audience finding his slow style of developing a character unique and informative.
Post-superannuation as a teacher, Bhat worked with senior artiste Vasudeva Samaga’s team ‘Samyamam’ for several years, participating in the shows held in various places. He had also contributed greatly to the week-long Talamaddale show held by Udupi Yakshagana Kalaranga in multiple ways.
Bhat was honoured with the Perla Krishna Bhat Award by Yakshagana Kalaranga a decade ago.
President of Yakshagana Kalaranga M Gangadhara Rao and Secretary Murali Kadekar have expressed grief at the passing away of Keshav Bhat and offered condolences to the bereaved family.
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Argument over bike accident leads to murder, triggers mob violence, arson in Ahmedabad; 2 held
Ahmedabad (PTI): A man was killed in a violent altercation triggered by a motorcycle accident in Dhandhuka in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district on Saturday, after which several shops were set on fire, a police official said.
Two men from different communities clashed this afternoon after their motorcycles collided, which intensified when members of one group went to the house of the other individual involved in the accident, he said.
"During the confrontation, Dharmesh Gamara (30) was stabbed in the leg with a knife. He later died due to excessive bleeding. Following his death, tensions flared, and a group of people set ablaze seven to eight roadside shops. Several properties were damaged," Ahmedabad Rural Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat said.
Videos circulating on social media showed small shops engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke rising in the area.
Police and fire brigade teams rushed to the scene and brought the situation under control, Jat told PTI.
"The fires have been doused," he said, adding that house-to-house combing and patrolling were underway in the area to identify those involved in the arson.
Two persons identified as Samir and Rizwan have been arrested for alleged involvement in the killing of Gamara, while 15-20 persons have been detained in connection with the arson, police said.
