Keremane Shivananda Hegde presently leads the repertory as the director of Shrimaya Yakshagana Kalakendra.
Students from outside Karnataka have been approaching the kalakendra to learn Yakshagana since 1992.
But now, it is for the first time 20 youths, including three girls, engaged in theatre activities in North India, underwent a one month training in the village in March, 2022.
