Chutuku Kavi Goshti and felicitation ceremony, Parishat-Central Committee State President and former MLC Thontadarya inaugurates, Anveshana Seva Trust President Dr. MGR Urs presides, Parishat Hon. President Maddikere Gopal chief guest, Parishat Mysuru District Unit President Chutuku Siri Ratna Halappa Gowda will be present, felicitation to Prof. Pramila, Mamatha Suresh and Shashikala Subbanna, Sri Shivarathreeshwara Mahila…

‘Narthana Namana’ programme in memoy of Saraswathamma, Mohiniyattam by Kerala’s Dr. Kalamandalam Rachita Ravi, Veene Seshanna Bhavan, Kuvempunagar, 6.30 pm.

‘Ranga Banuli’ programme, the play ‘Amma’ will be aired, [An adptation of Vishnu Prabhakar’s Hindi work; Translated by Parvathi G. Ithal; Producer: Dr. B.M. Sharabhendra Swamy], Sriranga auditorium, Rangayana premises, 6.30 pm.

Gamaka Evening (Gamaka Sanje), Dr. C.S. Anilkumar, Director, Dikshith Arogya Dhama, inaugurates, Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, Parishat premises, Palace North Gate, 5 pm.

Rashtriya Ranga Utsava (National Theatre Festival), staging of Girish Karnad’s Kannada play ‘Tughlaq’ by Samudaya, Bengaluru (Directed by Samkutty Pattomkari), Kalamandira, 7 pm.

National Science Day, painting expo by artist U.G. Mohan Kumar Aradhya, Suchitra Art Gallery, Kalamandira premises, up to 7.30 pm.

Special programme of introducing great literary works of renowned Kannada poets through various genres of music, like Sugama Sangeetha, Ranga Sangeetha, Film Music, Gamaka and Classical Music — both Hindustani and Karnatak, Veene Seshanna Bhavana, Kuvempunagar, up to 9 pm.

Sri Veeranjaneyaswamy Mahotsava, Mahamangalarati Prasada Viniyoga, 3 pm; Utsava, 6 pm.

Valedictory of 25th annual Kannada debate contest, The Anathalaya President R. Guru presides, writer Kabbinale Vasanth Bharadwaj chief guest, Annapurna Nilaya, The Anathalaya, 4 pm.

Chakora – 101, Kavi-Kavya-Vichara Vedike, Mysuru, Rashtrakavi G.S. Shivarudrappa: Kavya Meluku-Odanata Nenapu, G.S. Shivarudrappa’s son Prof. G.S. Jayadeva, Karnataka Sahitya Academy Member Dr. Nilagiri M. Talawar and poet T. Satish Javaregowda will be present, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), Manasagangothri, 4 pm.