Bengaluru :
Renowned yakshagana artiste from Mysuru G.S. Bhat is among the three personalities who have been conferred Karnataka Yakshagana Academy’s Parthisubba Award-2014.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh and a citation.
Announcing the awards at a press meet here yesterday, Academy Chairman Belagallu Veeranna said the Parthisubba award-2012 goes to Dr. Seemanthuru Narayana Shetty (Yakshagana) of Mangaluru while M.R. Ranganatha Rao (Sootrada Salike Gombe) of Bengaluru gets the award for 2013.
Veeranna also said that 20 persons, including Nelegeri Thimmappa Achar of Mandya and Sathyappa of Hassan have been selected for the annual (2013-2014) award.
The annual award carries a purse of Rs. 10,000 and a citation.
Speaking to SOM after the announcement of the award, G.S. Bhat said he felt very delighted on being selected.
Profile of G.S. Bhat: Parthisubba awardee Bhat has made exemplary contribution to the field of Yakshagana and Bayalata for over 40 years. Born to Subbaraya Bhat and Saraswathi couple at Sirsi in Uttar Kannada district on May 6, 1943, Bhat secured his post-graduate degree in history from Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Inspired by litterateur Prof. Dejagow, he joined the Humanities Department of the University of Mysore in 1969, as the editor of encyclopaedia.
He is credited for bringing out 14 volumes of the encyclopaedia in his 33-year stint with the University.
Even after retirement, Bhat continued with his work on Kannada encyclopaedia. He has 75 Kannada works to his credit including many on Yakshagana and Bayalata. He has also served as the editor of the Quarterly brought out by KSOU. He was also involved in folklore works brought out by Hampi Kannada University.
He chaired the 9th Akhila Bharat Yakshagana and Bayalata Sammelana that took place in Mysuru.
Bhat resides in T.K. Layout, Mysuru, with his wife Tilottamma. He has two children Anitha and Dr. Rajeev Bhat.
Dr. Rajeev Bhat is a teaching faculty at Penang University, Malaysia.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Friday , November 28th, 2014