Dubai: The Yaksha Dhruva Patla foundation held a muhurtha puja at the Banquet Hall of the Fortune Plaza, Dubai on June 28. As part of the ceremony, the students of the Dubai Yakshagana Abhyasa Tharagathi performed and showed a small glimpse of the “Mahishamardini Jagatjanani”, a mythological Yakshagana play. Also, as a part of the Sadhana Sambhrama and Yaksharadhana 2019, all artists performed gejjeseve and rangapravesha with great enthusiasm and assured the audience of a beautiful programme ahead.
The rituals of the muhuruta were performed under the guidance of Sri Puthige Vasudeva Bhat and the puja and prayers were performed by Venkatesh Shastry Puthige, Lakshmikantha Bhat and Bhawanishankar Sharma. The bhajan seva was rendered by the Sri Rajarajeshwari Bhajana troupe, Dubai under the leadership of Rajesh Kuthar.
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The programme was commenced, under the guidance of the Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation UAE president Sarvotham Shetty, with the lighting of the lamps.
Secretary of the Patla Foundation UAE, Vittal Shetty, in his inaugural address spoke about the objective of the Foundation and the vision of the renowned Bhagavatha Patla Satish Shetty.
Renowned Yakshagana director from Dubai and senior teacher of Yakshgana Abhyasa Tharagathi Dubai, Shekar D Shettigar Kinnigoli spoke about the mythological Yakshagana “Mahishamardini Jagatjanani” which will be staged on October 18, 2019 at the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium, Indian High School, Dubai.
The treasurer of the Foundation, Dinesh Shetty Kottinja provided an overall view of the programme and the expenses that would be incurred.
Renowned personalities such as Praveen Shetty Vakvadi, owner of the Fortune Group of Hotels, Gunasheel Shetty of the Ace Cranes Groups, Raghuram Shetty of India House Ajman, and pillars of various foundations in UAE, Manohar Thonse of the Abu Dhabi Billawa Samaja, Prabhakar Suvarna, president of the Billawa Family Dubai, Ravi Shettigar president of the Padmashali Sangha Dubai, Jayaram Rai Vice President of ICS Abu Dhabi, and businessmen Devesh Alva, Lakshmikantha Shetty, Satish Ullal President of Biruver Kudla UAE and senior himmela artist Venkatesh Shastry spoke on the occasion and conveyed well wishes for the programme.
On the occassion, the muhurtha puja was also performed for the upcoming thalamadhale events to be held on September 6, 2019 at Sri Vasudeva Bhat’s residence for Ganesh Chathurthi celebration with the prasanga “Gadhayudha”, and on October 11, 2019 for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Padmashali community with Thalamadhale prasanga “Nala- Dhamayanthi”.
The group’s amateur bhagvatha Shri Krishna Prasad, Surathkal and teacher of the troupe Shri Sharath Kudla performed melodious songs from the forthcoming thalamadhale prasangas. The programme was concluded with a vote of thanks by Rajesh Kuthar.
Yakshagana classes are held every Friday and on public holidays at the Bilva Indian School, Dubai. The organisers have requested all Yakshagana lovers to take advantage of these free classes and contribute to the artform.
