From the coastal villages of Karnataka to international borders, the traditional dance-drama art form Yakshagana, has traversed and evolved over the decades, with changes in its elaborate costumes, ...

BENGALURU: You can watch a dutiful king defeat a devout rakshasa this Sunday. The moral of this six-hour Yakshagana (3 pm to 9 pm) is that a guru's blessing is more powerful than a god's. This is the ...

For 81-year-old scholar Martha Ashton Sikora, it has been a romance with the art form of Yakshagana for the last 48 years. Dr. Sikora, who is from the U.S., spent more than 10 years in coastal ...

The Yakshagana Sammelana, which took place recently at the state-level in coastal Karnataka, demonstrated that the traditional folk art is flourishing and evolving towards a new direction for its ...

BENGALURU: Dramatic, accentuated gestures, energetic performances, painted faces, spotlights and thunderous dialogues are what makes the traditional art form of the coastal region, Yakshagana, ...

Yakshagana, the 1,000-year-old dance form, which continues to mesmerise countless admirers across the globe, was born in a bygone age when life was uncomplicated and art and entertainment was all ...