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The Shrine Circus is a circus founded in Detroit, Michigan on Woodward Avenue in 1906. [1] It travels to roughly 120 cities per year in the United States and a separate unit travels to about 40 in Canada .
Inspired by Chiarini's circus at Kolkata, in 1887 Priyanath Bose from Bengal founded the Great Bengal Circus and toured Bengal, India and South East Asia. [3]The first circus company in Kerala State, Malabar Grand Circus, was inaugurated at Chirakkara on February 2, 1904 under the leadership of Pariyali Kannan, a student of Keeleri Kunjikannan. [4]
Evansville animal control gave the Hadi Shrine Circus a permit to move forward as controversy around the circus' elephant act remains.
Vishnupant Moreshwar Chatre (1840-1905) was an Indian circus owner who is considered the founder of the modern Indian circus. [1] His circus company Great Indian Circus was the first circus company in India. Chatre met martial arts trainer Keeleri Kunhikannan when Great Indian Circus toured Thalassery, Kerala in 1887.
Sankaran, as one of the pioneers of the India circus industry, [6] wrote his autobiography, Malakkam Mariyunna Jeevitham, which was published in 2012. [7] [8] [9] His life is also recorded in another biography, Gemini Shankaran and the Legacy of Indian Circus. [10] The Government of India honoured him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. [11]
Among the many events that took place in this venue was the annual Shrine Circus. Additionally, WGN-TV used the Medinah Temple for "The Bozo 25th Anniversary Special" (telecast live September 7, 1986). The fine acoustics of the Medinah Temple's auditorium made it a favorite site for recording.
Gwynne continued to find work with his magic during an era when many other magicians were struggling to make ends meet. In the early 1960s he was featured in several Shrine Circus productions around the United States. Making his entrance atop an elephant, he performed his magic in the center ring, surrounded by the audience.