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Bhima of Yakshagana

Bhima, the Mighty must not only be grand and awe inspiring but must look so in person too. The thespian here ensures that the turn out is awe inspiring.

From the Indian epic Mahabharata, Bhima is one of the Pandava brothers. He is the one who wields a heavy mace and is supposed to be the hot headed and strongest of the five brothers in terms of physical prowess.

Yakshagana is a dance drama form of performance that was very popular in a very small segment of Karnataka in India. Now there are not too many dedicated artists who can carry on with the demanding format of the performance and the popular medium of story telling has shifted to the cinema halls and the television and the internet. A few of the dedicated organisations have managed to continue to keep this disappearing act still going on as of now.

You can read more about the Yakshagana group called Shri Idagunji Mahaganapati Yakshagana Mandali, Keremane

Fleur De Melo 2010

On a Saturday evening in June 2010 in Goa, with fading light and clouds gathering over the western horizon that happens to be the mouth of the Mandovi river, sits this beautiful vision in wait for the impending arrival of the storm flecked monsoon rains.

Part of series of the Beautiful People of Goa.