Kumble Sundara Rao or Kumble Sunder Rao (20 March, 1934 – 30 November, 2022) was an Indian politician and

Yakshagana Yakshagana is a traditional theatre, found in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kasaragod district and Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur district, Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Keral ...

and

Tala-Maddale Tala-Maddale is an ancient form of performance dialogue or debate performance in Southern India in the Karavali and Malnad regions of Karnataka and Kerala. The plot and content of the conversation is drawn from popular mythology but the performa ...

(traditional dance) artist. He was exponent of Thenkuthittu or Thenkatittu style of Yakshagana. He was a native of the

Dakshina Kannada Dakshina Kannada district is located in the states and territories of India, state of Karnataka in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangaluru. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east and the ...

district in India. He was the member of Tenth

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from

Surathkal Surathkal(kn:ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್)" is one of the major localities in the northern part of Mangaluru taluk located on National Highway 66 (old NH-17) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka state, India on the shore of Arabian sea. I ...

constituency from 1994 to 1999. He won as

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candidate. He worked as an artist in Surathkal, Dharmasthala and Ira Yakshagana melas (Yakshagana troupes). He was awarded Yakshamangala award from P Dayananda Pai and P Satish Pai Yakshagana Adhyayana Kendra at Mangalore University for the year 2018–2019. He also served as president of Karnataka state Yakshagana academy.

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