Arehole Prathishtana
Arehole Prathishtana has been doing service activities since 2011 and has completed thirteen years of this journey.
This is a registered trust under Karntaka Registration act and is working in the field of Education, Arts, Literature and Culture. This trust was found by the well known writer and an organiser, Arehole Sadashiva Rao. He is taking active role as the president and his wife, Geetha S Rao as the Vice president of the same. The former State President of Kannada Sahithya Partishat, Dharmadarshi Harikrishna Punaroor is the Honorary President.
Nandagokula, the performing wing of Arehole Partishtana was started in the year 2014, and is led by Kumari Shwetha Arehole, well known dancer and theatre artist. They perform classical, Semi classical, folk, Indian Contemporary and various other forms of dance. Team Nandagokula is actively engaged in producing and performing plays and dance dramas directed by the well known directors of the country. This team is one of the leading performing team of the state.
Helping the needy in society, helping the poor for education, promoting art and culture are the main objectives of Arehole Prathishtana and is continuously organizing dance, theatre and literature festivals like Arehole Dibbana, Arehole Natakotsava, Arehole Sahithya Sourabha, Nruthya Varsha etc. All programs are organized in state level.
Prathishtana also encourages other artists through honoring the achievers of various fields. ‘Arehole Rangabhoomi Award, (for theatre achievers) , ‘Sumakrishna award’ (for achievers in the field of Yakshagana), ‘Nandagokula Deepavali Award’ (for young achievers) , ‘Nandagokula Nruthya visharada award’ (for the achievers in the field of Dance), ‘Harikrishna Punaroor award’ (for the achievers in the field of journalism literature, social activities) and ‘Saraswathi Adarsha Shikshaka award’ ( for the best teachers) are some of the awards given by Arehole Pratishtana.
Arehole Prathishtana constructed a Dance and Theatre Institution named, “Nandagokula Theatre school” at Arehole, Near Arehole Temple Byndoor taluku Udupi District, Karnataka State and is upgrading it’s Team Nandagokula in the field of theatre and dance.
