With temperatures at an all time high, children taking part in the ‘Chinnara Mela’ enjoyed playing ‘Bannada Okuli’ as part of the valedictory of the month-long theatre training camp at Rangyana yesterday. Children were seen spraying coloured water on each other much to their delight. Earlier, delivering the valedictory address, Theatre Person and Director Shashank…
Chinnara Mela concludes with ‘Chinnara Santhe’
May 7, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Curtains came down on this year’s Chinnara Mela with children setting up ‘Chinnara Santhe’ (flea market) at Rangayana, this morning. About 350 children, who had taken part in the annual camp, were seen testing their entrepreneurial skills by selling various delicacies prepared by their mothers, vegetables, snacks, artefacts, pani puri, pulao, mushroom biryani, buttermilk,…
Colourful start to Chinnara Mela
April 13, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: This year’s ‘Chinnara Mela’ got off to a colourful start with Indian Book of Records holder and artiste R. Gokula Sahrudaya inaugurating the camp by pulling the miniature version of ‘Chinnara Mela’ cart at Vanaranga in Rangayana here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Gokula said involving in theatre activities would help children develop concentration…
Chinnara Mela: 300 applications sold out in 90 minutes
April 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Applications for Chinnara Mela, the annual summer camp of Rangayana in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road in city, were distributed today morning. A total of 300 applications were sold out in a short span of 90 minutes, with the parents waiting in queue from yesterday midnight. The annual summer camp of the theatre repertory…
Curtain comes down on ‘Chinnara Mela’
May 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Kannada and Culture Department Director P. Vishwanath Hiremath said: “With the thrust on making summer vacations meaningful and packed with entertainment to encourage creativity among children, Rangayana has been providing a platform every year by organising Chinnara Mela. The intention is to prevent children from becoming mobile phone addicts that spoil their future, as…
Colourful start for Chinnara Mela
April 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The 25-day ‘Chinnara Mela,’ the children’s summer camp organised by the city’s theatre repertory Rangayana, got off to a colourful start yesterday. Noted singer and Music Director Vasuki Vaibhav inaugurated the camp with the theme ‘Nammee Tainela’ (Our Motherland) by applying make-up on children. The Chinnara Mela this year is dedicated to theatre Music…
250 application forms for Chinnara Mela sold out
April 2, 2023Last date to submit filled-in applications Apr. 5 Mysore/Mysuru: The application forms for ‘Chinnara Mela,’ conducted by city’s theatre repertory Rangayana at its premises from Apr. 10 to May 5 have been sold out. Only 250 applications were issued. The theme for this year’s mela is ‘Namma Tainela’ (Our Motherland). As the popular annual summer…
‘Chinnara Mela’ concludes: Children enjoy artificial shower
May 9, 2019Mysuru: ‘Chinnara Mela,’ the annual summer camp organised by Rangayana, concluded last evening featuring an awareness on fire-fighting, ‘Okuliyata’ and dancing to the beat of drums at Kalamandira premises here. A ‘Makkala Santhe’ was also organised where items like fruit salad, churumuri and panipuri were sold by children which were also prepared by them. Okuliyata:…
Artiste’s presence of mind saves children at ‘Chinnara Mela’
May 8, 2019Mysuru: A senior artiste displayed presence of mind and saved several children from potential injuries during the Chinnara Mela at Rangayana in city yesterday. Artiste K.R. Nandini, was preparing for a performance when she sensed that a branch of a tree could fall due to high wind and gale that lashed city for sometime. She…
“Word truth is inbuilt in our culture”
May 3, 2019Veteran actor Sundar Raj at Chinnara Mela Mysuru: “One should not become a prey to western culture but instead save and nurture our country’s culture and food habits,” said veteran actor Sundar Raj. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Jogigondu Angi’ programme as part of ‘Chinnara Mela,’ where the statue of Kindarajogi was draped in a…
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