Karnataka Janapada Academy president Manjamma Jogathi on Wednesday announced the names of 30 folk artistes who have been chosen for the academy’s annual honorary awards and two folk experts who have ...

The PaDa Project is a docu-series to recognise, preserve and celebrate folk music traditions and cultures It’s my exploration to find out what's common among the different kinds of folk music,” says ...

If everything goes as per the plan of the Kannada and culture department, then the commercial city of Hubli will soon have Janapada Loka, which would display the rich customs and rural lifestyle of ...

There ain’t any passing of a person in recent times like that of Puneeth Rajkumar that has deeply wounded the people of Karnataka. The grief has been so overwhelming and profound that people are ...

BENGALURU: Most of us Bengalureans pride ourselves on being updated with latest trends in the world of popular music. However, we cannot say the same when it comes to folk music of our own land, which ...

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced several measures for the welfare of folk artistes at the annual award ceremony (2012-13 and 2013-14) of the Karnataka Janapada Academy here on Monday. ...

In a bid to help common people and researchers understand the meaning of folklore terms, the Karnataka Folklore University has brought out a Kannada Folklore Dictionary. The user-friendly dictionary ...