Cultural Keepers
Even at 70, His Yakshagana Journey Is Still Reaching New Stages — The Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna Story
At 70, Yakshagana guru Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna is still teaching, still performing, and still being honoured — most recently with the 2023 Parthi Subba Award. His journey, from a Udupi night school to stages in Europe, Russia and New York, is a story of an art form staying alive because one man refused to stop moving.
Bannanje Sanjeeva Suvarna
Yakshagana Guru, performer (streevesha/female-role specialist), chande artist and director