25th Gowri-Ganesha Festival celebrations, music programme by Mysore Rangaswamy and troupe, Temple premises, Vinaya Marga Siddarthanagar, 6.30 pm.    

 Yakshagana ‘Lanka Dahana’ or ‘Choodamani’ by Sri Mahaganapathy Yakshagana Mandali, Nidle, South Canara, Prof. Y.T. Thathachari Auditorium, BVB premises, Vijayanagar,   6 pm.    

Grand violin concert by Vid. H.K. Narashima Murthy, his son Vid. H.N. Bhaskar, an international-level artiste, granddaughter Prithvi (Vid. Bhaskar’s daughter) and Vid. Narasimha Murthy’s nieces Vidu. Sindhu Suchethan and Vidu. Smitha Karthik, accompanied by Vid. Radesh (mridanga), Vid. Phanindra Bhaskar (ghata) and Vid. Ramesh (kanjira), Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Bhavan, Narayana Sastry Road, Lakshmipuram, 5.30…

 Vijnana Sahitya Sanje, talk on ‘Kavi-Vijnani’ by Prof. M.R. Nagaraj, Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, Karnataka Vijnana Parishat Mysuru President N.M. Shivaprakash delivers introductory address, Parishat premises, Palace North Gate, 5 pm.  

Prize distribution to the winners of 24th State-level Kannada Bhavageete Contest and Sugama Sangeetha programme by Indrani Anantha Ram, Rotary Club of Mysore West President Rtn. Nanaiah chief guest, Sugama Sangeetha Academy President Rtn. K.V. Murthy presides, Rotary West premises, 6 pm.

5th Ganeshotsava – Cultural Programmes, old film songs recital by Akashavani-Doordarshan artiste A.S. Prasanna Kumar and troupe, 6 pm.    

A grand Hindustani Classical Vocal by Pt. Kedar Bodas, accompanied by Pt. Madhav Modak on tabla and Pt. Veerabhadraiah on harmonium, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 6 pm.    

Swami Atmajnanandaji speaks on ‘Viveka Choodamani,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.    

Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Puja Mahotsava, Ganesha Idol Immersion, Temple premises, KHB Colony, 5.30 pm.  

Bharatanatyam Rangapravesha of K. Koustubha (daughter of K.S. Poornima and K.Y. Keshavaswamy), disciple of Guru Padmashree, Swami Maheshatmanandaji, theatre artiste G. Srinivasa (Kappanna), Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, Kannada & Culture Asst. Director H. Channappa, farmer leader Darshan Puttannaiah, Sunita Puttannaiah, youth leader Pachche Nanjundaswamy will be present, Kalamandira, 5.30 pm.