World Theatre Day, senior theatrist Dr. Rameshwari Verma inaugurates, theatrist K.R. Sumati speaks, Kannada & Culture Asst. Director H. Chennappa will be present, Ranga Geetegalu by B.R. Raghavendra & troupe, Maneyangala, Kalamandira, 6 pm.    

Vaachana – Vyakhyana of Valmiki Ramayana, Rama Niryana Talamaddale, Vid. Keshava Hegde Kolagi will be Bhagavataru and Vidwan Shankara Bhagavatha Yallapura will accompany on mridanga, In mummela, Dr. Umakanth Bhat, Dr. Kabbinale Vasanth Bharadwaj, Vid. Narayana Desai and Vid. Ganapathi Bhatta Sankadagundi will perform, Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana (Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha), JLB Road, 6 pm…

‘Dr. Gubbi Veeranna Natakotsava’ as part of Dr. Gubbi Veeranna’s 125th birth anniversary and World Theatre Day celebrations, Bengaluru’s National School of Drama (NSD) Regional Centre will stage the play ‘Akkamahadevi’ directed by C. Basavalingaiah. Kannada and Culture Assistant Director H. Chennappa, Senior Theatrist Srikanta Gundappa, NSD Bengaluru Centre Director C. Basavalingaiah guests, Natana premises,…

Discourse on ‘Bhagavad Gita’ by Pt. Sri Badarayanacharya, Samiti premises, 5 pm to 6.30 pm.    

‘Siddhaganga Shivakumara Sri’ award presentation to Dr. S. Shivarajappa, Music University VC Dr. Sarvamangala Shankar inaugurates, thinker Prof. Malali Vasanthakumar speaks, Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, Parishat premises, Palace North Gate, 5 pm.    

‘Nrityagiri Nrityavimshati – Nrityalokadalli Ondu Payana’ youth dance festival, Bharatanatyam recital by various Dance Schools, up to 8.30 pm.    

Presentation of ‘Yogabhushana Award’ in recognition of their excellence in the field of Yoga — Shivaprakash Guruji, B.V. Shantakumar,  A. Lakshmamma, Brahmarambha Maheshwari, Dr. T. Shivananjappa, N. Pashupati, Kusuma Mahadevaswamy and  P.R. Venkatesh; Dr. K. Leelaprakash, Senior Sanskrit Scholar, inaugurates, Yashaswi  Somashekar, BJP leader and Industrialist, presides, Rotary auditorium, JLB Road, 5 pm.    

Discourse on ‘Bhagavad Gita’ by Pt. Sri Badarayanacharya, Samiti premises, 5 pm to 6.30 pm.    

Vaachana – Vyakhyana of Valmiki Ramayana, Ranga Geetegalu of different Ramayanas of yesteryears by Y.M. Puttannaiah and troupe, 5 pm; Seetharamadi Niryanagalu – Lecture by Dr. Mahabaleswar S. Bhat,  an Associate Professor from Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (Yoga University), Bengaluru, Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana (Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha), JLB Road, 6.30 pm.  

Rangapravesha of S.D. Sneha (daughter of Devamma and Doddasiddaiah), Noopura Kalavidaru Trust Director K. Ramamurthy Rao inaugurates, Musician and Art Critic Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan chief guest, Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Sarvamangala Shankar presides, Guruvandana to Dr. Vasundhara Doreswamy (Director, VPAC Trust) and Vidu. Krishnaveni (disciple of Dr….