Begar Shivakumar’s touring yakshagana profession (1983-2003)
Badaguthittu
- Sri Mulki Venkataramana kripa poshitha yakshagana mandali – 1 year
- Sri Brahmi Durgaparameshwari yakshagana mandali – 4 years
- Sri Amrutheshwari yakshagana mandali, Kota – 2 years
- Sri Durgaprameshwari yakshagana mandali, Saukur – 1 year
Thenkuthittu
- Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara yakshagana mandali – 12 years
Organizations started by Begar Shivakumar
- Amrutheshwara pravasi yakshagana mandali, Kota – 1985 to 1995 (800 hundred shows throughout India)
- Gaana Sourabha Yaksha Mela – From 2013 (600 shows throughout India)
- Gaana Sourabha Yakshagana School – From 2013 (Yakshagana training at Bangalore)
Gaana Sourabha Yakshagana School’s training locations
- Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Devalaya, Canara Bank Colony, Nagarbhavi main road, Bangalore
- Sri Gouda Saraswata Sevaka Samaja, Kashi Mutt, Malleshwaram, Bangalore
- Sri Vigneshwara Vishwastha Mandali, BTM Layout, Bangalore
- Sri Banagiri Vinayaka Devalaya Trust, Bangalore
- Sri Vinayaka Devasthana Samithi, R.T Nagar, Bangalore
- “Hamsike”, Raghavendra Layout, Srinagar, Bangalore
Yakshagana training by Begar Shivakumar at other places
- Bunt’s Sangha Yakshagana Tarabethi Kendra, Vijaynagar, Bangalore
- Sri Satyasai loka seva samsthe, Muddenahalli, Chickballapura
- St. Michael School, Kanakapura
- Sri Narendra Nele, Hindu seva prathistana, Laggere, Bangalore
- Sri Niveditha Nele, Hindu seva prathistana, Ullal, Bangalore
Begar Shivakumar in T.V & Radio
- Performed in Mangalore Aakashvani as Thaala Maddale artist
- Acted as Draupadi in ‘Kurukshetra’ – a yakshagana serial at Bangalore Doordarshan(Chandana)
- Acted in several yakshagana serials like Nagashri, Dashavatara, Shanishwara Mahatme, Sri Devi Mahatme telecasted in Udaya Channel
Begar as director
- Karavali Yakshagana Kalika Kendra, Mysore – 2 years
- Avibhajitha Dakshina Kannada Vakilara Sangha, Bangalore – 2 years
- Bruhat Bangalore hotel sangha, Bangalore – 1 year
- Heggade seva sangha, Malleshwaram, Bangalore – 1 year
- For 100’s of schools in Bangalore – 10 years
Awards & Felicitation
- 11.10.1992: “Phool Vaalon Ki Swar” New Delhi: News & Publicity Dept, Govt. of Karnataka
- 02.08.1992: “Karavali Utsav” award Dakshina Kannada, Govt. of Karnataka
- 08.08.1994: “Vahini Prathibha Puraskara” Vahini Yuvaka Mandala, Kota
- 08.09.1995: “Chatura Sanghataka” Bengalooru Abhimaanigalu, Bangalore
- 19.12.2002: “Yuva Chetana” Suvarna Karnataka, Directorate of Kannada & Culture
- 27.09.2003: “Yaksha Sri” Kalyanotsava world record program, Shimoga
- 12.12.2003: “Rangollasa” Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore
- 22.02.2004: “Kalabhooshana” award, Bala Kalakendra Rajajinagar
- 13.06.2004: “Abhinandane” Mogaveera samavesha, Poornaprajna Udupi
- 24.08.2006: “Abhinandane” Kempegowda Dinacharane, Govindarajnagar
- 30.10.2006: “Pushpanjali Prashasti” Pushpanjali Nage koota, Banashankari
- 17.11.2007: “Abhinandane” Indian Epilepsy Association, Bangalore
- 09.10.2008: “Sankranti Kala Sourabha” Kannada Abhivruddhi Balaga, Ganesh Kala Samsthe
- 01.03.2009: “Sumanonjali” Kalamantapa Koumudi, Seshadripuram
- 31.01.2010: “Kavya Gaana Gandharva” Kavya Sinchana Kala Samsthe, Thyagarajnagar
- 03.10.2010: “Samskrutika Kalaratna” Akhila Bharatha okkaligara mahasabha, Dasarahalli, Bangalore
- 30.11.2010: “Abhinandane” Cathedral Kannada Sangha, Richmond Road, Bangalore
- 27.11.2011: “Yakshayana Sambhrama” Konanakunte, Bangalore
- 12.04.2011: “Pratibhotsava” Cordial High School, Prashanth Nagara
- 15.01.2012: “Yakshaavadhaani” Heggade Seva, Bangalore
- 30.09.2012: “Yaksha Kuteera” Mummela Sadhaka award, Bangalore
- 24.04.2013: “Abhinandane” Amrutha Sadana Vamanjoor, Mangalore
Dignitaries who praised Begar Shivakumar
- Sri Ramanand Sagar, Director of epic Ramayan Serial
- Sri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji, Pejavara Mutt, Udupi
- Dr. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari, Dharmasthala
- Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji, SriRamachandrapura Mutt, Hosanagara
- Sri P. Dayananda Pai, Industrialist
Prasangas scripted & directed by Begar Shivakumar
- “Parisara Prasanga” – Pollution Control Board, Govt. of Karnataka
- “Mangalayaana” – Anthariksha Bhavan, Karnataka Rajyothsava Samithi
Programs performed by Begar Shivakumar’s students
- Panchavati
- Rathi Kalyana
- Sri Devi Mahatme
- Kankangi Kalyana
- Veera Abhimanyu
- Bhasmaasura Mohini
- Sudhanva Kaalaga
- Krishna Leele – Kamsa Vadhe etc…
Our Mission
- Let Yakshagana become Vishwagana.
- Supporting the needy yakshagana artists.
- Conveying environmental awareness and social messages through Yakshagana
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