Yakṣagāna – A Deśī Theatre Art

Arts Oct 10, 2018

Yakṣagāna – A Deśī Theatre Art: Misconceptions

The terms ‘mārga’ and ‘deśī’ which have been in use for thousands of years in our tradition are today translated as ‘Classical’ and ‘Folk’ respectively, terms w...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Oct 17, 2018

Yakṣagāna – A Deśī Theatre Art: Misconceptions - 2

The word ‘Śāstra’ refers to a well-structured presentation with novel insights (Śaṃsana Śāsana-prajñā). Anything that has these characteristics can be said to b...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Oct 24, 2018

Yakṣagāna – A Deśī Theatre Art: Misconceptions – 3

In his insightful essay titled ‘Uparūpakas and Nāṭyaprabandhas’, Dr. V Raghavan classifies these (i.e., the lyrics/ scripts used for different theatrical/ Yakṣa...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj

Arts Nov 05, 2018

Yakṣagāna – A Deśī Theatre Art - Part 4

Several people have the tendency to find parallels between Bhūtārādhana and Yakṣagāna. They classify Bhūtārādhana as ‘folk’ (Jānapadīya) and as a corollary, con...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj