<p class="title">Yakshagana artiste Muliyala Bheema Bhat, who is fondly called 'Devi Bhatru' passed away at Kantavara on Tuesday due to old age. He was 85.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After retiring from Yakshagana, he was serving in Kantavara Temple. Bheema Bhat who had studied upto class 5, had served in Dharmasthala, Koodlu, Kundavu, Kateel and Sunkadakatte mela. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He was known for playing female characters in Yakshagana. He had won the Pathala Yaksha Kala Mangala award recently. </p>
<p class="title">Yakshagana artiste Muliyala Bheema Bhat, who is fondly called 'Devi Bhatru' passed away at Kantavara on Tuesday due to old age. He was 85.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After retiring from Yakshagana, he was serving in Kantavara Temple. Bheema Bhat who had studied upto class 5, had served in Dharmasthala, Koodlu, Kundavu, Kateel and Sunkadakatte mela. </p>.<p class="bodytext">He was known for playing female characters in Yakshagana. He had won the Pathala Yaksha Kala Mangala award recently. </p>