Discourse on ‘Srimad Bhagavatha Dashama Skanda’ by Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, Ganapathy Ashrama premises, Mysuru-Ooty Road, 7 pm to 9 pm.

Sri Ramotsava, Bharatanatyam by Vidu. Smriti Vishwanath, Bengaluru (disciple of Vidu. Nirupama Rajendra and Vid. Rajendra, Bengaluru), Temple premises, 6.30 pm.

Staging of journalist Ganesh Amingad’s play ‘Mulugade,’ thinker Prof. Kalegowda Nagawara inaugurates, theatre artiste Rajashekar Kadamba, social worker K. Raghuram, Hotel Owners Association Vice-President Ravi Shastri, journalist Amshi Prasannakumar and Kannada Pusthaka Pradhikara stall’s Ningaraju Chittannanavar chief guests, Mini Theatre, Kalamandira, 6.30 pm.

Sri Ramanavami Mahotsava, Devaranama by Sanjeevini Bhajana Mandali, Sri Sitarama Temple premises, 6 pm.

129th anniversary celebration of Sri Vikari Nama Samvatsara, discourse on ‘Ramayana’ by retd. Engineer and Vidwan K. Ramachandra, Temple premises, 5 pm to 6 pm; Vocal recital by Vid. Sri Sikkil Gurucharan, accompanied on violin by Vid. Vittal Rangan, mridanga by Maestro Umayalpuram Sivaraman and khanjira by Vid. Giridhar Udupa, Alamma Choultry, Kunchitagara Sangha, Srirampet,…

Guruvandana Programme, senior writer Dr. Pradeep Kumar Hebri presides, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna chief guest, Guruvandana to Vidu. Dr. P.M. Chetana Radhakrishna (Director, Gurudeva Lalithakala Academy, Mandya and Mysuru), dance programme by students of Gejjenada Nritya Shale, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Bhavan, No.1, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, 5 pm.

Pratibha Puraskar for Sri Mahalakshmi Sweets Employees’ Children and Students, felicitation to Chamarajanagar Deenabandhu Trust Hon. Secretary Prof. G.S. Jayadeva, Pandavapura Pusthakamane’s Ankegowda and progressive natural farmers M. Rechanna & Santosh Rayappa Kittur; Swami Athmajnanandaji graces the occasion, novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa inaugurates, Star of Mysore and Mysooru Mithra Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy and MCC Commissioner…

Book release — Poet Mahesh Huyilalu’s ‘Geechu’ (a poetry collection) — by littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishna Kumar (CPK), Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, poet Dr. Jayappa Honnali speaks about the book, Excel Publi School Principal K.G. Mathew, Vighneshwara Prakashana Publisher Omkarappa and poet Mahesh Huyilalu chief guests, Maneyangala, Kalamandira premises, 4.30 pm.