Special experiment in Bharatanatyam ‘Vande Mataram – This Land, Our Home,’ [Concept and Choreography is by Ramya S. Kapadia; Dance by Ramya Kapadia and Seema Viswanath; Rajiv Sundaresan has composed music and designed sound; ‘Dheem’ is featured by Embar Kannan and ‘Ghar’ by Aditya Sharma], Ganabharathi premises, Kuvempunagar, 6 pm.

Vidu. M.R. Sudha renders ‘Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Memorial Concert,’ accompanied on the violin by Vidushi Charulatha Ramanujan, on the mridanga by Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma and Vidwan R.Srinidhi on the ghata, Mysore K.Vasudevacharya Bhavana, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 6 pm.

Monthly cultural programme, Karnatak Classical vocal music programme by Vidu. Vani Sateesh, accompanied by Vidu. Aditi Krishna Prakash on violin, Vid. H.L. Shivashankarswamy on mridanga and Vid. Sharath Koushik on ghata, Y.T. Thathachari Auditorium, BVB premises, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, 6 pm.

Lecture and interaction on ‘Yoga – Health’ with Dr. Jayashri Chandrashekar, Ayurveda, Yoga and Nature Cure Expert, Kshama, President, Srikrupa Balaga, Vivekanandanagar, inaugurates, K. Indumati Rajaratnam, Vice-President, Pratibhe Vedike, Mysuru, presides, Geeta Nagendra Rao, Hon. Advisor, Pratibhe Vedike, Mysuru and Lakshmi Raghavendra, Joint Secretary, Pratibhe Vedike, chief guests, Dr. Pradeepkumar Hebri auditorium, Veerashaiva Sarvajanika Seva…

Story-telling for kids by Dr. R.Purnima, Director, Children’s Literary Club, Mysuru, Suruchi Rangamane, #476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm.

Foundation Day, Dr. M.K. Surappa, former Director, IIT ROPAR and Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Chennai, delivers Foundation Day lecture on ‘Higher Education and Research in India: Myth and Reality,’ Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, VC, UoM, presides, Crawford Hall, UoM, 11 am.

State-level Cricket Tournament for Priests (Agamikas) and Astrologers, former Test Cricketer Javagal Srinath inaugurates, Sri Trinetra Mahanta Shivayogi Swamiji, Sri Yatishwara Shivacharya Swamiji and Sri Chandrashekar Shivacharya Swamiji will grace the occasion, former DGP B.G. Jyotiprakash Mirji presides, District and City Brahmana Sangha President D.T. Prakash launches logo of KAACA, Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA)…

Inauguration of FDP on ‘Recent trends and applications of High Voltage – A step towards green environment,’ Dr. S. Shekar, Executive Director (retd.), BHEL Professor, EEE, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Sciences, Hindustani University (Deemed), Padur, Chennai, Dr. Sankarasan Mohapatro, School of Electrical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, guest of honour, Vanaja B. Pandit, Hon. Secretary, GSSS,…

Samskrutotsava, Vidyashrama premises, Vijayanagar 2nd Stage, 9 am.

Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha programmes by Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, Junior Pontiff of Avadhoota Datta Peetha, discourse on Yoga Vashishta by Sri Swamiji, 7.30 am; Sri Chakra Puja, Veda Chanting, Maha Ganapathy Homa, 8.30 am; Satsang, Discourse, 6.30 pm; Kakada Aarti to Lord Dattatreya, Ashrama premises, Datta Nagar, Ooty Road, 8 pm.