Staging of play ‘Amara Kavya’ directed by Kodava artiste-couple Addanda Cariappa and Anitha Cariappa, Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Community Hall, 1st Floor, Kodava Samaja, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, 6 pm.  

 V. N. Prasad & Troupe to present O. P. Nayyar musical nite, a ‘Fund Raising Project’, Platinum Jubilee Hall, JK Grounds, 6pm.    

  Matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar’s 90th birth anniversary,  musical nite titled ‘Doddora Dhwani’, Dr. M.S. Natashekar and other young singers to perform, Dr. Bhashyam Swamiji inaugurates, Prof. Yedyur Samiullah Khan presides, Jaganmohan Palace auditorium, 5.30 pm.    

 Felicitation to Vice-Chancellor Dr. Sarvamangala Shankar, Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graces the occasion, former Mysore Varsity VC Prof. S.N. Hegde  inaugurates, 10 am; Folk Scholar Dr. Go.Ru. Channabasappa will release the felicitation volume titled ‘Gaanayana’, Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 4 pm.    

Veteran Littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) to be felicitated on his 79th birthday;  release of four works of CPK — ‘Lokamata Nivedita’, ‘Angayalli Alankarashastra’, Angayalli Kuvempu’ and ‘Angayalli Sri Ramayana Darshanam’, Ramakrishna Ashram’s Swami Gnanayoganandaji graces the occasion, Senior writer Prof. K. Bhairavamurthy will felicitate Dr. CPK, Rotary Hall, JLB Road, 4.30 pm.    

 Discourse on Hanuman Chalisa by Swami Hamsananda, Shivananda Jnanalaya, JLB Road, 6.30pm.    

Centenary celebrations and Sri Nigamantha Mahadeshika’s 750th Thiru Nakshatra Mahotsava, Discourse Paduka Mahime by Dr.U.Ve. Ananthapadmanabhacharya, Andal Mandira Trust, VV Puram, 6 pm.

Book release Vruddapyavemba Seremane authored by Manjula Umesh, Dr. D. Thimmaiah, founder, Dasti Educational Institution inaugurates, B. Shivakumar, Industrialist, presides, Dr. K.S. Raghuramaiah Vajapayee, Social worker, will release the book, Parishat premises, Palace North Gate, 5.30pm.  

Annual day and valedictory of Students Association, Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamij graces the occasion, D. Bharathi, Registrar, UoM, chief guest, Prof. Rameshwari Verma, former Director, Centre for Women’s Studies, UoM, guest of honour, Dr. N.P. Nataraja, Director, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, presides, Rajendra Bhavan, MG Road, 4.30pm.    

 Story-telling for kids by  Theatre Person Yathish Kollegala, Suruchi Rangamane, # 476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 4.30 to 5.30 pm.