Senior Yakshagana artiste Siddakatte Sadashiva Shettigar passes away at 60
Mangaluru: Senior Yakshagana artiste Siddakatte Sadashiva Shettigar passed away at a hospital in Mangaluru on Sunday, July 20. He was 60 years old and had been unwell for some time. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter, reported The Hindu.
A popular ‘bannada veshadhari’ of the Tenkuthittu school of Yakshagana, he performed in several Yakshagana melas, including those of Kateel, Dharmasthala, Hosanagara, Edneer, and Hanumagiri. His last performance was with the Hanumagiri troupe, after which he had recently announced his retirement.
A resident of Hokkadigoli near Siddakatte in Bantwal taluk, Shettigar was well-known for playing characters such as Mahishasura, Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Yama, Shurpanakha, Varaha, Matsyagandha, Rudra Bheema, Veerabhadra, Tataki and many others.
He had received several honours during his career, including the Yakshamangala Award from the P. Dayananda Pai and P. Satish Pai Yakshagana Study Centre at Mangalore University. Other recognitions included the Udupi Yakshagana Kalaranga Award, Sri Rama Vitala Award, Kateel Gopalakrishna Asranna Award, and Keelaru Gopalakrishna Award.
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Mother arrested for killing five-month-old child in Tripura
Agartala (PTI): Tripura Police has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her five-month-old child in Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday.
Initial investigation revealed that Suchitra Debbarma (28) killed her infant to pave the way for her plan to elope with a man she had been in a relationship with for a year.
After receiving information from Suchitra's neighbours, a police team headed by officer-in-charge of Sonamura police station Tapas Das went to their house at Rampadapara on Sunday.
"We found the baby lying on a bed while her mother was missing. We took the child to Sonamura sub-divisional hospital, where doctors declared the baby dead. Post-mortem will be conducted soon," he said.
According to Das, Suchitra was later arrested from the village.
"Prima facie, it appeared that Suchitra strangled her child to death when her husband, Amit Debbarma, went out for work at a rubber plantation. During interrogation, she admitted that she wanted to kill the baby and elope with another man with whom she had an extramarital affair," he said.
