Veteran Yakshagana artist Balipa Narayana Bhagavata no more

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MANGALURU: Veteran Yakshagana playback singer Balipa Narayana Bhagavata passed away at a Moodabidre hospital due to age-related health issues on Thursday.

Balipa Narayana Bhagavata was popularly known as ‘Balipajja’. He has mastered a unique style of singing, which fans have named ‘Balipa style’.

Balipa Narayana Bhagavata has written more than 30 Yakshagana ‘prasangas’. He served as an Yakshagana artist from 1956 to 2003.

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