Rangayana established by the Government of Karnataka in 1989 is the baby of Late B.V.Karanth’s dream. Rangayana has imbibed his imagination, vision, brilliance , dream along with the hard work of the artists, technicians and staff has blossomed into a beautiful place Sri C.Basavalingaiah and Sri Prasanna, Sri Chidambara Rao Jambe who became Directors subsequently have worked very hard to build a conceptual foundation to this institution and expanded its scope and horizon.