ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಗೌರವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ KARNATAKA YAKSHAGANA ACADEMY AWARD

Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat , Veteran Yakshagana Himmela Guru was honoured with "YAKSHAGANA GAURAVA PRASHASTI " of Karnataka Yakshagana Academy for the year 2018 in a function held at Kuvempu Sabhabhavana Chikmagaluru on 9.12.2019. Shri C T Ravi, Minister for Kannada and Culture , Govt of Karnatka presented the award.
The award carries a cash of Rs50000, shawl and memento.

KATEEL SADANANDA ASRANNA AWARD ಕಟೀಲು ಸದಾನಂದ ಆಸ್ರಣ್ಣ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ

'Kateel Sadananda Asranna Award' is presented to Mambady Subrahmnaya Bhat in a ceremony  held on Shri Kateel Durgapameshwari Temple premises on 13th October 2019.

AVANI SHRINGERI ASTHANA VIDWAN HONOUR ಅವನಿ ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ ಆಸ್ಥಾನ ವಿದ್ವಾನ ಗೌರವ

Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat photos

Karnataka Yakshagana Academy Honorary Award 2018

Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat is among the five artists selected for Karnataka Yakshagana Academy Award for the Year 2018.
Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat (70 Years) has been a professional Maddale and Chende Artist in Tenkutittu style of Yakshagana in various Melas , Kateel , Dharmastala etc.
In 1968, he took up traditional Yakshagana Himmela Teaching, bhagavathige, maddale, chende. In november 2018, his Shishyas conducted golden year celebration of Guru's teaching in Townhall with a full day program and presented him with a cash Gurudakshina of Rs one lakh twenty five thousand.
His famous shishyas include: Patla Satish Shetty, Siribagilu Ramakrishna Mayya, Kumara Subrahmanya Valakunja, Bondel Satish Shetty, Nekkaremoole Ganesh Bhat, Kudrekodlu Ramamurthy, Deviprasad Talalpady, Divakara Acharya Polali, Kolyoor Bhaskara and the list goes on...

Yesterday(8.7.2019), Yakshagana Academy announced the selected list of artists for the award.

ಅಖಿಲ ಭಾರತ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿರಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ HONOUR AT AKHILA BHARATHA KANNADA SAHITHYA SAMMELAN

Veteran Yakshagana Himmela Guru Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat was honoured at the All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan held in Dharwad on 5th January 2019.
Sammelan President Shri Chandrashekhar Kambar, Shri  Doddarange Gowda, Shri Manu Baligar honoured the "Guru" for his contribution in the field of Yakshagana(Kannada culture).
The function was held at the University Of Agricultural Science University Campus ,Dharwad .
The award carried a cash of Rs 3000, shawl and memento.
Dakshina Kannada district Sahitya Parishat President Shri Pradeep Kumar Kalkura and Kasaragod District Sahitya Parishat President Shri S V Bhat were present on the occassion.

MAMBADY SHISHYA SAMAVESHA 2018

The golden year celebration of Himmela teaching of veteran Yakshagana Himmela Guru Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat was held on 4th November 2018 at Town Hall Mangaluru with the participation of senior and junior shishyas spread over the region.Neary 700 people attended the function.
The program started at 9am and got over by 8.30pm.
The highlight of the program was presentation of Poorvaranga songs, singing by havyasi and professional bhagavats, Talamaddale and Bayalata.
There was a release of Audio CD as a documentation of poorvaranga presentation sung by Guru Mambady Subrahmanya Bhat.On maddale Padyana Shankaranarayana Bhat and on the chende Delanthamajalu Subrahmanya Bhat.

The Guruvandana Program was conducted in the presence of His Holiness Shri Keshavananda Swamiji of Edneer Mutt , Harikrishna Punarooru, Padyana Shankaranarayana Bhat, Puttige Raghurama Holla, M Narayana Hegde of Kalaranga Udupi, Kumble Sunder Rao.
Felicitation speech was delivered by Kadri Navaneeth Shetty.

The program was touching and convention was with warmth and enthusiasm.

The surprise was the presence of Veteran Bhagavath Padyana Ganapathi Bhat who paid  visit and sung 3 yakshagana songs to remember the great Guru Mambady Narayana Bhagavatha who taught him the basics of Yakshagana Bhagavathike.
veteran Maddale kalavida Padyana Shankaranaryana Bhat played Prasanga Peethige as a respect to Gurus of Mambady family.

newspaper clippling of report of the progm in The Hindu dated 5.11.2018 Photo H S Manjunath

                                       Udayavani Kalavihara dated 2.11.2018