Well-known keelu kudure artiste H.N. Ramaiah died at his residence at Honnavalli in Arakalgud taluk on January 31. Ramaiah, 92, had been chosen for Karnataka Janapada Academy award for the year 2021.

Manjamma Jogathi from Karnataka is a theatre artiste who embodies several skills and even more characters, both female and male, on the stage. Manjamma Jogathi was conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth ...

Transgender folk dancer Manjamma Jogati received a Padma Shri honour for her contribution to arts today. President Ram Nath Kovind handed over the award at the 2021 Padma awards ceremony at ...

The list of Padma awards recipients this year includes a transgender from Karnataka who has over the past many decades practised and single-handedly popularised rural folk arts. For Manjamma Jogathi, ...