Inauguration of 2-day ‘Geethotsava-2025,’ 19th State-level Sugama Sangeetha Conference, renowned senior light music singer Nagar Srinivas Udupa of Bengaluru Chairs Conference, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa inaugurates, Sugama Sangeetha Parishat President Y.K. Muddukrishna presides, Sugama Sangeetha Parishat Working President Dr. Kikkeri Krishnamurthy delivers keynote address, MP Yaduveer Wadiyar, DC G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, Kannada & Culture Department Secretary Dr. Venkatesh, Kannada & Culture Department Director K.M. Gayathri and ADC Dr. P. Shivaraju will be present; retired Supreme Court Judge V. Gopalgowda confers ‘Kavya Sri’ awards on veteran poet B.R. Lakshman Rao (2024) and renowned poet Dr. Na. Damodara Shetty (2025) and ‘Bhava Sri’ awards on renowned singer Rathnamala Prakash (2024) and renowned singer K.S. Surekha (2025); inaugural session will be followed by rendition of group songs — Bhava Kusuma, Tatva Padagalu, Kaviya Nodi-Kavithe Keli, concert of film songs penned by renowned poets, dedicated to noted actor-anchor Aparna Vastare and Geetha Sangeeta, during which Nagar Srinivas Udupa will render songs; two songs composed by Udupa will be presented by noted singer Archana Udupa, Kalamandira, 10 am.