List of Yakshagana artists

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Yakshagana is a form of Indian theatre.

Background Singers

Tenkutittu

Badagutittu

Balehadda Krishna Bhagavata Gorpadi Gopal Patil Neelavara Ramakrishnayya Nelavara Lakshminarayanayy Kadatoka Manjunath Bhagavata, Kadatoka Krishna Bhagavata, Kadatoka Lakshminarayana Bhagavata Hosthota Manjunath Bhat(Bhagavata), Hostota Gajanana Bhat(Bhagavata)(Famous yakshagana poeter's(Hostota Brother's) also), Naranappa Uppoor GR Kalinga Navada, Subramanya Dhareshwara, Nebbooru Narayana Hegde, Airody Govindappa, Shankar Balkudru, Marvante Narasimha Das, Marvante Srinivas Das, Kolagi Keshava Hegde, K P Hegade Golagodu, Heranjal Gopala Ganiga, Ganapati Bhagwat Kavale, Raghavendra Maiyya, Nagara Subramanya Acharya, H Suresh Shetty, Vidhwan Ganapathi Bhat Mottegadde, Gopalkrishna Bhat Jogimane, Nelluru Narayana Achar, Kolagi Madhava Bhat, Narayana Shabaraya, Jansale Raghavendra Acharya, K J Ganesh, A T Yajneshwara Ambaragodlu, M P Hegde Ullalagadde,Vishweshwara Somayaji, Marvi Vadiraja Hebbar, Sarveshvar Hegde Murooru, Shankar Bhat Brahmooru, Ramkrishna Hegde Hilluru, Prasanna Bhat Bhalkala, Kappekere Subraya Bhagavat, Parameshwar Hegde Ainabail,Balehadda Timmappa Hegde, Anantha Padmanabha Phatak, Anant Hegde Dantalike, Raveendra Bhat Achave, Anand Ankola. Nagara Subramanya Achar,Shivashankar Bhat Matvane, Sadashiva Amin Kokkarne,, Herenjalu Pallava Ganiga,Vighneshwar Kuntemane,Ellare Shankar Nayaka,

Background instrumentalists

Badagutittu

Maddale: Durgappa Gudigar, [4] Hunchadakatte Srinivas Acharya, Karki Prabhakara Bhandary, Kavale Ganapati Bhagwat, Shankara Bhagawath Yellapura, Parameshwara Bhandary, Hiriyadka Gopala Rao,Balehadda Krishna Bhagavata,N G HEGDE Yallapura,Ramanna Hulimane, Manjunath Guddedimba, [5] Hostota Gajanana Bhagavata,Sunil Bhandary, Shankar Bhagavata Yellapura, Kinner Narayan Hegde, Ananta Padmanabha Phatak, K J Sudheendra, Raghavendra Hegde Yellapura, Narasimha Hegde Handramane, Sudhakara Heggodu Chande: Hostota Gajanana Bhagavata Ramkrishna Mandarti, Shri Krishna Yaji Idagunji, Kota Shivananda, K J Krishna, Rakesh Malya, Janardhana Acharya Hallady, Ganesh Bhat Honnekudige,,Srujan Haladi,Prasann Heggar

Tenkutittu

Kudrekudlu Ram Bhat, Adur Shva Madlegar, Nidle Narasimha Bhat, Divana Bhim Bhat, Adur Krishna, Kasaragod Venkataramana, Chipparu Krishnayya Ballal, Bandedka Sunder Rao, Harinarayan Bippadithayaru, Kadaba Narayana Acharya, Chandrashekhara Acharya Guruvayanakere, Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat, divana Shankara Bhat, Padyana Shankaranarayana Bhat, Padyana Jayaram Bhat, Padmanabha Upadhyaya, Delanthamajalu Subrahmanya Bhat, Murari Kadambalitthaya, Adur Ganesh Rao, Subrahmanya Shastri, Kadaba Vinaya Acharya, Chandrashekhara Acharya Guruvayanakere, Chaithanya Krishna Padyana, Mayur Naiga, Subrahmanya Chitrapura and οthers. Many young female artists like Apoorva Surathakal, Divyashree Nayak are also emerging.

Dancers

Badagutittu

Actor Joshi Gokarna, Keremane Shivarama Hegde, Chittani Ramachandra Hegde, [6] Vandaru Basava, Keremane Mahabala Hegde, Keremane Shambhu Hegde, Kodadakuli Ramachandra Hegde, [7] Gode Narayan Hegde,Kumta Govinda Naik, Mantap prabhakar Upadhya, Jalavalli Venkatesh Rao, Balkuru Krishna Yaji, Shankaranarayana Samaga, Jayrama Shetty Hallady, Keremane Shivanand Hegde, H. Kusta Ganiga, [5] Veerabhadra Nayak, [5] Govind Naik Konalli, [5] Mohan Naik Kujalli, [5] Srinivasa Nayak [5] Sakkattu Lakshminarayana [5] Mahadev Hegde Kappekere, Anant Hegde Kolagi, Bhaskar Joshi Shiralagi, Rama Nairy Brahmavara, Thandimane Shripad Bhat, Airody Govindappa, Kolali Krishna Shetty, Gopal Achari Thirthahalli, Vidyadhar Rao Jalavalli, Ganapathi Naik Kumta, Shankar Hegde Nilkod, Prakash Kiradi, Totimane Ganapathi Hegde. Beleyuru Sanjaya, Yelaguppa Subrahmanya Hegde, Nagara Jagannatha Shetty, Ramesha Bhandari

Thenkutittu

Delampuri Krishna Bhat, D. Manohar Kumar, Kuriya Vithala Shastry, Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat, [2] [8] Soorikumeru Govinda Bhat, Alike Ramayya Rai, Puttur Sridhara Bhandari, Puttur Narayana Hegde, Madhur Ganapathy Rao, Ujre Ishwara Bhat, Bannada Malinga, Padre Chandu, Chandragiri Ambu, Kolyur Ramachandra Rao, Pathala Venkataramana Bhat, Kumble Sundara Rao, [9] Siddakatte Chennappa Shetty, Gerukatte Gangayya Shetty, D. Gopalakrishna Bhat, Narayana Shetty, Permude jayaprakash Shetty, Pundarikaksha Uoadhyaya, Sunnambala Vishweshwara Bhat, Shivarama Jogi, Sampaaje Sheenappa Rai, M K Ramesh Acharya, Tharanatha Vorkady, Bheem bhat ummettuguli, Kasaragod Subraya holla, Jagadhabhirama Padubidre, Divakar Rai sampaje, Chandrashekhar Dharmasthala, Jayananda sampaje, Vishnu Sharma Vatepadpu, Ganesha Arala, Ganesh Shetty Kannadikatte, Ganesha Chandramandala, Laxman Marakada, Manjunatha Bhat Bellare, Laxmana Kotiyan, Raviraja Paneyala, Ravi Mundaje,Venkatesh Kallugundi, Sadashiva Shetty Mundaje, Mohan Ammunje, Mohan Bellipady, Santhosh Kumar Manya, Radhakrishna Navada, Kodi Krishna Ganiga, Thodikana Vishwanatha Gowda, Umesh Hebbar, Ganesh Bhat Haluvalli, Ramesh Bhat Bayaru, Ajaar Umesh Shetty, Babu Kulal, Lakshmana Kallugudde, Sanjeeva Balegara, Srinivasa Kuriyala, Sandeep Koliyoor, Bolanturu Jayarama Shetty, Prashanth Shetty Nelyadi, Manohar Rai Bellare, Nidle Govinda Bhat, Ramadasa Samaga, Akshay Kumar Marnad, Janardhana Jogi, Umamaheshwara Sharma,Batwala Jayarama Acharya,Santhosh Kumar Hiliyana,Rakshit Sheety Padre,Deepak Rao Pejavara,

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