Navaratri Rangotsava – Dasara Theatre Festival, Kannada and Culture Minister C.T. Ravi inaugurates, Kannada and Culture Secretary and Rangayana Director R.R. Jannu presides, Kannada and Culture Director K.M. Janaki and Senior Theatre Director Prof. H.S. Umesh chief guests, 6 pm; Staging of play ‘Shudra Tapaswi’ by Rangayana, Mysuru [Written by Kuvempu; Directed by C. Basavalingaiah];…

Gujarati Garba and Dandiya Raas – Gujarati Folk Dance, Samaj Bhavan, Yadavagiri, 7.30 pm onwards.

Navaratri Bramhotsava, Turmeric Alankara, Ankurarpana, Mruthika Sangrahana, Temple premises, 7 pm.

‘Karanth Namana,’ staging of play ‘Kempu Kanagale,’ an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Rakta Karabi,’ [The play has been translated to Kannada by Sudha Aadukala and directed by Dr. Sripad Bhat], School premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.

33rd Year Pallavotsava-2019 — National-level Classical Dance and Music Festival, Sitar Trio – Ajit Honavar, Varija and Sinchana, disciples of Pt. Saroj Mukherjee, 6.15 pm; Bharatanatyam by Dr. Padmasri N. Kashyap, 7.15 pm; Kathak by Mitha Vijay, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 8.15 pm.

Sri Shivakumara Shivacharya Swamiji’s 27th Punya Smarane, Sri Chidananda Swamiji graces the occasion, Nudi Namana by senior writer Prof. Lokesh Agasanakatte, Vachana Gayana by Devanand Varaprasad and team, Taralabalu Samagama President N. Omkarappa presides, Taralabalu Jagadguru Students Hostel, New Bannimantap Road, 6 pm.

Swami Muktidanandaji speaks on ‘Bhagavad Gita and Karma Yoga,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Yakshagana ‘Sita Parityaga’ by Sri Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali, Nidle, Dr. K. Gopal Marate, Department of Studies in Bio-Chemistry, University of Mysore, inaugurates, Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, Chairman, BVB, Mysuru, presides, BVB premises, Vijayanagar, 6 pm.