Jamuna circus launched at Amritsar in Punjab by Gurudeep Singh in November 1901 has come a long way in its 114-year-old journey and is being managed by his grandson Charanjit Singh, its senior manager B.K. Rao and manager Rajendra Sahu said here. Jamuna circus gave performances so far in 16 countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan and Nepal, they said.
Tanzanian, Mongolian and Indian artistes are to perform acrobatic and gymnastic feats in Jamuna circus to enthral the audience in the exhibition grounds at Kurnool from July 31.
Kurnool Municipal Commissioner S. Ravindra Babu will inaugurate the circus on Friday evening.
It is the first ever performance of Jamuna circus in Rayalaseema. Besides a contingent of 160 personnel including African, Mangolian and Nepalese artistes, an elephant, seven horses, four Australian Macau birds and foreign dogs would perform feats in three daily shows of two and a half hours each, they said.
The circus would have flying trophies at a height of 40 feet, comic juggling, Russian ring dance, Japanese doll dance, African fire dance, acrobatics, gymnastics, double wheel, group cycling, riding a bike at a height of 20 feet, sleeping on a bed of knives etc., they said.
Circus virtually lost its charm with ban on use of wild animals like lions, tigers and bears etc., the manager said.
Mr. Sahu and Mr. Rao appealed to the people to patronise Jamuna circus, which would entertain people of Kurnool over a period of 38 days.
Circus is on the wane and the number of circus companies in the country dwindled from 200 two decades ago to hardly 20 now, says Jamuna circus manager
