Yakshagana ‘bhagavatha’ (background singer) Subrahmanya Dhareshwara passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday, April 25. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and two children. Dhareshwara was born on September 5, 1957, in Kirimanjeshwara, Kundapura taluk in Udupi district. He entered into Yakshagana theatre as a professional singer at the age of 21. He was a professional ‘bhagavatha’ for nearly four decades and was a Karnataka Rajyotsava awardee.