Veera Tammanna Nayaka: Songs and Tales of the Kadu Golla Community | Project Showcase@IFA with Mohan Kumar N | September 04, 2025 | Sabha Blr
How do you create a song of resistance for your community? And what is its tune?
Mohan Kumar N, a folk singer of the Kadu Golla community in Karnataka, embarked on a project that looked at the discrepancies in the documented history of the lives of the local ruler King Ranabhaire Gowda and Veera Tammanna of the Kadu Golla community, considered a ‘Veeragara’ or a local hero. The personal project takes oral narratives sung by various community singers and addresses how various social forces have impacted the nature and character of these narratives over time.
During the course of the project, Mohan reimagined these stories in the form of songs, forming a new literature that acts as resistance to contemporary authoritarian ideas. We invite you to join us and witness these songs.
The performance by Mohan will be followed by a conversation with Krishnamurthy TN, Senior Programme Officer, Arts Education, IFA.
Veera Tammanna Nayaka - A Hero Remembered
Date and Time: September 04, 2025 | 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Sabha Blr
The session will be in Kannada and English translations of the songs will be shared.
Free and open to all.
Mohan Kumar N is a folk singer and researcher from the Kadu Golla community. He is a graduate from the Theatre School Sanehalli in Chitradurga and has represented his community and their music on national and international platforms. His book Kadu Gollara Kolata Padagalu has received the Karnataka Janapada Academy award. He is also a syndicate member of the Karnataka Janapada Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gotagudi, Haveri district.
This session is organised as part of Project Showcase@IFA, a series of presentations to showcase, discuss and engage audiences with the diverse projects we support and implement across programmes.
Image Courtesy: Mohan Kumar N
Mohan Kumar N is the Project Coordinator of the Foundation Project implemented by IFA under the Arts Research programme, supported by BNP Paribas India.