10 lines about Ms. Maata Manjamma Jagati who received the award recently.
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Jogathi was born as Manjunatha Shetty in Kallukamba village in Karnataka's Bellary district to Hanumantaiah and Jayalakshmi.[6] She was married to Jogappa, a Hindu deity owing to a ritual and was not allowed to return home.[7]She was then known as Manjamma Jogathi. After leaving her house aged 15, she identified herself as a woman. Having completed education only till Class 10, she resorted to begging. During this time, she was sexually abused. Later, a father and son duo introduced her to dancing and took her to dance teacher Kallava Jogathi, where she learnt the Jogathi dance.
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Manjamma Jogathi (born Manjunatha Shetty; 18 April 1964), is an Indian Kannada theatre actress, singer and dancer of Jogathi Nritya, a folk dance form of North Karnataka. In 2019, she became the first transwoman to head the Karnataka Janapada Academy, state's top institution for folk arts.Jogathi was born as Manjunatha Shetty in Kallukamba village in Karnataka's Bellary district to Hanumantaiah and JayalakshmiShe was then known as Manjamma Jogathi. After leaving her house aged 15, she identified herself as a woman. Having completed education only till Class 10, she resorted to begging. During this time, she was sexually abused. Later, a father and son duo introduced her to dancing and took her to dance teacher Kallava Jogathi, where she learnt the Jogathi dance