The UAE unit of Yakshadruva Patla Foundation Trust (R) held a special meet at the Fortune Grand Hotel Auditorium on May 18 at 5 pm.
The meet started with the prayer led by Sharanya Venkatesh Shastri. General Secretary of UAE Unit, Vittal Shetty welcomed the audience and invited Chief Guest and Founder President of Yakshadruva Patla Foundation Satish Shetty Patla, who is also a well-known artiste of Shri Kshetra Kateel Mela. Sarvotham Shetty, Praveen Shetty, Ravi Shetty, Gunasheel Shetty, Harish Bangera, Ganesh Rai & Shodhan Prasad among others were present who jointly inaugurated the meet with traditional lighting of the lamp.
‘Patla Free Housing Programme’
The Trust has plans to build 100 houses and distribute them to the poor Yakshagana artistes. Two houses have been handed over to Yakshagana artistes so far. The trust has also instituted a fund to give stipend of Rs 1000 every month to the artistes for taking care of their expenses.
Satish Shetty Patla, briefed about the achievements of the Trust and the plans it envisions for the future. He then thanked all those donors who have made this possible.
One of the advisors of the UAE Unit of the Foundation, Vakvadi Praveen Shetty, Gunasheel Shetty, Guest Ravi Shetty, Tulu Film Producer Shodhan Prasad, one of the organisers, B.K. Ganesh Rai and Krishnaraj Tantri spoke on the occasion and applauded the activities of the Trust. They also wished all the best for the future endeavors of the Trust.
Praveen Kumar Shetty and Gunasheel Shetty jointly agreed to contribute towards the expenses of one house under the 100 house building plan of the Trust.
Later Sarvotham Shetty, President of the UAE Unit of the Trust while thanking those donors who have contributed last year, announced that he will strive to double the contribution from last year’s contribution. He also applauded the programme and agenda of ‘Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation Trust’ and thanked them.
Guest Ravi Shetty was honoured with shawl and flower bouquet.
Dubai Children to present Yakshagana in Mangalore
‘Yaksha Mithraru Dubai’ Group have come forward to present ‘Yekadhashi Vrutha Mahatme’ Yakshagana ballet as part of the ‘Yakshadhruva Patla Sambrama 2018’ Celebrations to be held at Adyar Gardens, Mangalore on May 27 and this will be presented by the children’s group of ‘Yaksha Mithraru’ Dubai.
Dinesh Shetty Kottinja, the convener or Yaksha Mitraru Dubai requested support for the programme while Rajesh Kuthar concluded the vote of thanks.
Vittal Shetty carried out the programme as Master of Ceremony.
About ‘Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation Trust’
Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation Trust was established on September 14, 2015 in the coastal town of Mangalore which is the birth place of the oldest form of art called ‘Yakshagana Ballet’. The soul aim of this foundation is to assist and support the real needy artistes of ‘Yakshagana’ who have served and entertained the people not only from Karnataka but also around the world. With the encouragement of like-minded people, today the Foundation has over 30 units in various parts of the globe. In a short span of 32 months the foundation was able to collect charity worth over Rs. 3.5 crores and distributed Rs.50,000 each for around 73 real needy artistes of ‘Yakshagana’.
All the local Units have distributed monetary assistance to around 60 artistes, around 300 artistes received Accidental Insurance (covering Rs 3 lakh medical expenses followed by accident and accidental death cover of Rs 8 lakh), around 15 artistes received Rs 25,000 each for medical assistance, 8 needy artistes received accidental benefits, those families who lost their dear ones received Rs 50,000 per family as benefits and 12 needy artistes received monetary contribution for building their own houses.
The children of artistes who excelled in their academics were honoured with Gold Medals. Also, children were supported with student scholarships and honoured. Also well-known artistes received ‘Patla Prashashti’ Award with Rs 1 lakh each as award money. The families of those needy artistes also received free medical assistance with medicines as required. Blood donation campaigns were also held during the ‘Patla Sambrama’ programmes.
Publication of ‘Amburuha’ book written by the famous Bottikere Purushotham Poonja with 30 classic ‘Kusha Lava’ themes, 14 themes of ‘Jayalakshmi’ illustrations written by Balipa Narayan Bhagavathar were released and around 200 students were trained in ‘Yakshagana Ballet’ free of cost.
Committee Members – UAE Unit of Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation Trust ®
- Honorary Presidents – Sudhir Kumar Shetty and Vasudev Bhat
- President – Sarvotham Shetty
- Vice Presidents – Harish Sherigar, Chidanand Poojary, Venkatesh Shastri Puttige, Satish Poojary and Suresh Bhat Soorinje.
- Secretary: Vittal Shetty
- Joint Secretaries: Vasu Kumar Shetty and Vishwanath Shetty
- Treasurer: Dinesh Shetty Kottinja
- Conveners: Shekar Shettigar, B.K. Ganesh Rai and Rajesh Shetty
