Yakshagana
Recently, the Yakshagana team performed charity shows in Germany to help artistes who are economically not sound and to support the education of poor students through scholarships.
- Yakshagana is a rare combination of dance, music, song, scholarly dialogues and colourful costumes.
- It is a temple art form that depicts mythological stories and Puranas.
- Yakshagana is similar to various forms most notably the Kathakali of Kerala and the Terukkuttu of Tamil Nadu.
- It is performed in Karnataka and the Kasaragod district of Kerala.
- Yakshagana is strongly influenced by the Vaishnava Bhakti movement. Its stories are mainly drawn from Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata and other Hindu epics.