Sri Manavalamaamunigala (Sri Jiyar) Vaibhava Varsha Tirunakshatra Mahotsava, Gandhapudi Utsava, Sri Prasannakrishna Swamy Temple, Palace North Gate, 7 pm.

Staging of play ‘Kaayada Haadu (Song of the Body),’ Mini Theatre, Kalamandira premises, 6.30 pm.

Launching of ‘Mera Desh Meri Shaan,’ a unique campaign from Mysuru to Mathura to promote tourism by Mysore Airport Director R. Manjunatha, KSTDC Mysuru Regional Manager U.B. Udaya Kumar special invitee, Hotel Owners Association President C. Narayanagowda chief guest, BK Lakshmiji and BK Kamleshji will be present, Gyan Prakash Bhavan, 2nd Main, Yadavagiri, 6.30 pm.

Karnatak Classical Music based on Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar’s kritis, Vid. Pattabhirama Pandit – vocal, Vid. Mathur Srinidhi – violin and Vid. Palghat Harinarayanan – mridanga, Rotary West auditorium, opposite Kamakshi Hospital, Saraswathipuram, 6 pm.

Talk on “Kisama’s Hornbill Festival” by Club Director Dr. R. Purnima, Rangarao Memorial Residential School for Differently Abled Children, 5.30 pm.

‘Saptathi – Vasundhara @ 70,’ birthday celebrations of VPAC Director Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, Dr. Vasundhara’s biography, authored by Prof. George S. Paul, art journalist and critic, will also be released, Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graces the occasion, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Sonal Mansingh, Rajya Sabha MP and Dance Scholar, Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy and Prof….

Live Music Concert by Academy students, Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall, Krishnamurthypuram, 5 pm.

Conferring of ‘Shree Vanamali Samskruti Seva Prashasti’ on well-known English Writer and Semantics Scholar Dr. T.R.S. Sharma and ‘Padmashri Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy Samaja Seva Prashasthi’ on M.S. Sushma of Janaseva Trust – Chiguru Ashrama, Veteran Scholar Dr. T.V. Venkatachala Shastry presides, writer Dr. C.Naganna and Columnist S.G. Seetharam will speak about the awardees, Ganabharathi’s Veene…

Interaction programme — ‘Karnatakadalli Shasakara Anarhate mattu Samvidhanika Ullanghanegala Paramarshe – Ondu Shaikshanika Samvada’ — thinker and journalist Ravindra Reshme inaugurates, former Education Minister H. Vishwanath presides, Pramati Education Institution President H.V. Rajeev chief guest, KSOU Mysuru Regional Director Dr. Sudhakar Hosalli delivers keynote address, Venkata Krishnaiah auditorium, Sarada Vilas Law College premises, K.R. Puram,…

Talk and book launch — Prof. R. Vaidyanathan’s ‘Caste as Social Capital’ — S.P. Bhat Hall, Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), JLB Road, 4.30 pm.