Kannada Rajyotsava and felicitation ceremony, ADC Dr. P. Shivaraju inaugurates, MCCI President K.B. Lingaraju presides; Felicitation to Journalist Amshi Prasanna Kumar, Paediatrician Dr. Sarika Prasad of JSS Hospital and HM Lohithesh Nalina, MCCI, No. 54, D.D. Urs Road, 5.30 pm.

1500th Meelad-un-Nabi, 70th Kannada Rajyotsava, Urdu Day and National Education Day celebrations, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa inaugurates, MLA Tanveer Sait presides, Raiz Banquet Hall, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Sathagalli-Kalyanagiri, 4 pm.

Kannada Rajyotsava, DDPI D. Udaykumar chief guest, retd. DDPU & Old Students Trust President B.S. Sridhar Raje Urs presides; Felicitation to Dr. N. Chandrashekar of Aditya Adhikari Hospital, retd. Railway Engineer V. Vasudev and Sports Person M. Yogendra, High School premises, 3.30 pm.

Religious meet, discourse by 108 Acharya Sri Punyasagara Muni, N.R. Pura Srikshetra Jain Mutt’s Sri Lakshmisena Bhattaraka Swamiji will be present, Karnataka Jain Assn. Bengaluru President S. Jithendra Kumar and MLA K. Harishgowda chief guests, Advocate H.P. Rakshith and M.L. Vardhamanaiah Regional Family Trust Joint Secretary M.V. Jayaratnamma invitees, Jaganmohan Palace, 3 pm.

JSS Rangotsava 2025, Manjunath Bilikere’s play ‘Sharifa’  by JSS College for Women, Saraswathipuram, Navajyoti auditorium, JSS College for Women, Saraswathipuram, 6.30 pm.

Nritya Sambhrama, Ganabharathi School President H.R. Sundareshan inaugurates, Nrityagiri Performing Arts & Research Centre Director Guru Vidu. Dr. Kripa Phadke chief guest, Sri Nataraja Performing Arts Centre President M.K. Balaraju presides, 6 pm; ‘Nritya Sambhrama’ by students of Sri Nataraja Performing Arts Centre, Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, 6.15 pm.

Swami Jnanayoganandaji speaks on ‘Srimad Bhagavad Gita’ in Kannada, Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Vasundharotsava 2025, Chiguru Sanje by students of Kalandhika Academy of Dance & Music (Director: Premita Govind), Gatishree School of Dance, Bengaluru (Director: Vidu. Srilakshmi Tejas) and Jois Kala Pratishtana (Director: Vidu. Namratha K. Jois); Nrityagiri Performing Arts & Research Centre Director Guru Vidu. Dr. Kripa Phadke guest of honour, Vasundhara Bhavan, Kalandhika Academy, Saraswathipuram, 6…

‘Kala Saptami,’ weekly cultural programme, Karnatak Instrumental Music by Rakshitha Ramesh (veena), Keshav Mohankumar (violin), Vid. Sai Shiv (mridanga) and Shamith S. Gowda (ghata), Jagannatha Centre for Art and Culture (JCAC), Vijayanagar, 6 pm to 8 pm.

Bharatada Samvidhana – Special Lectures, patriotic songs by Vidu. Shubha Raghavendra and Tanushree, novelist & senior researcher Dr. G.B. Harish delivers talk on ‘Bharatada Rashtrageete,’ Mysore Vasudevacharya Bhavan, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 6 pm to 8 pm.