Udupi, September 7: Veteran Yakshagana artist and retired principal Prof. Malpe Laxminarayana Samaga has been appointed as the second president of Karnataka Yakshagana Bayalata Academy.
Prof. Samaga is the eldest son of prominent Badagatittu Yaksagana artist Malpe Shankar Narayan Samaga, who was well known as 'Dodda Samaga'.
62 year old Prof M L Samaga, has an experience of 35 years in various areas of Yakshagana such as Badagatattu, Bada Badagu, Tenkatittu yakshagana and tala- maddale.
Prof M L Samaga has also worked as an English lecturer in MGM College Udupi for a period of 36 years and as a principal thereafter for three years.
After his retirement in 2007 he was a visiting faculty for the post graduate studies at Tenginadiyur Government College.
He has worked with Yakshagana troupes such as Saaligrama, Perdur and Idagunji. Prof Samaga has played the roles of Bhishma, Parashurama. Raama, Krishna, Balarama, Arjun, Brahma and Ishvar.
Apart from the performance within the state he has moved to Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai. He has also travelled to Italy, Bahrain and Singapore for the performance.
Felicitation
After being nominated as a President of State Yakshagana Academy, Prof Samaga was given a warm felicitation by Bharath Swabhiman Trust of Udupi.District president of the Trust, Umesh Kotyan, Yogish Kotyan, Harish Padukere, Praveen Kumar Shetty were present on the occasion.
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