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Senior and good known Yakshagana ‘bhagavatha’ Subrahmanya Dhareshwara who had earned hundreds and thousands of fans for his melodious and affluent dependable passed distant successful the aboriginal hours successful Bengaluru connected Thursday, April 25.
He was 66 and is survived by his woman and 2 children.
Dhareshwara, calved connected September 5, 1957, hailed from Kirimanjeshwara, Kundapura taluk successful Udupi district.
The mortal remains of Dhareshwara volition beryllium brought to Kirimanjeshwara successful the evening connected April 25, sources said.
A disciple of legendary Yakshagana ‘bhagavatha’ (background singer) precocious Narnappa Uppura, Dhareshwara entered into Yakshagana theatre arsenic a nonrecreational vocalist astatine the property of 21. His begetter Lakshminarayana Bhat from Dhareshwar, adjacent Gokarna, successful Uttara Kannada was an amateur Yakshagana artiste. Hence the lad developed the sensation successful Yakshagana astatine the aboriginal age.
Dhareshwara was a nonrecreational ‘bhagavatha’ for astir 4 decades. After his status arsenic ‘pradhana bhagavatha’ from Perdoor Yakshagana mela helium was singing successful antithetic Yakshagana shows and Talamaddales till recently.
He filled the vaccum created successful the Badagu Thittu (Southern) schoolhouse of Yakshagana pursuing the decease of legendary Yakshagana ‘bhagavatha’ Kalinga Navada who passed distant astatine the property of 32 successful May, 1990.
A Karnataka Rajyotsava awardee, Dhareshwara was a nonrecreational ‘bhagavatha’ successful Yakshagana melas (touring performing troupes) similar Amrutheswari, Hiremahalingeshwara, Panchalinga and Perdoor.
