Yakshagana dancer Kumble Sundar Rao passed away on Wednesday in Mangaluru. Apart from serving as president of Karnataka's Yakshagana Bayalata Academy, 88-year-old Rao also served as BJP MLA from Surathkal constituency from 1994 to 1999. Condoling his death, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai tweeted, "May his soul rest in peace, may God give his family strength to bear this pain."