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Yakshagana poet, scholar, publication writer, and the State government’s Parthi Subba awardee Ganesh Kolekady passed distant astatine his residence astatine Athikaribettu adjacent Mulky connected Friday (November 7).
He was 54 and is survived by his mother. Mr. Kolekady was ailing for a agelong time.
He had written astir 60 Yakshagana ‘prasangas’.
He was an authorization implicit Yakshagana ‘chandassu’ (prosody) and had mastered it.
Mr. Kolekady wrote a full of six dramas some successful Kannada and Tulu. He had taught Yakshagana to hundreds of students astatine his location for implicit a decade. As a talamaddale ‘arthadari’, helium had participated successful a fig of programmes successful Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. He had besides published 2 probe works.
Karnataka Yakshagana Academy presented him with its apical Parthi Subba Award successful 2022. Yakshagana Kalaranga of Udupi got a location built for him successful 2014 and had presented its Kanaka Annayya Shetty Award.
Mr. Kolekady was bedridden for 2 decades aft helium was attacked successful Mumbai by immoderate assailants.
M. Gangadhar Rao and Murali Kadekar, president and secretary, respectively, of Yakshagana Kalaranga, Udupi, person condoled his death.
Mr. Kolekady’s past rites volition beryllium performed connected Saturday (November 8) astatine Athikaribettu adjacent Mulky.
