Inauguration, Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji & Sri Chidananda Swamiji will grace the occasion, Minister Tanveer Sait inaugurates, MP Pratap Simha unveils Basavanna’s portrait, Balaga President S. Mahadevaprasad presides, near Nagalingeshwara Temple, R.S. Naidu Nagar, 6 pm.    

Staging of play ‘Bekku-Baavi,’ Bhoomigeeta, Rangayana, 6.30 pm.  

Kalabhairaveshwara Rathotsava, Adichunchanagiri Shakha Mutt Seer Somnatha Swamiji graces the occasion, Temple premises, 8th cross, 2nd main road, Ashokapuram, 7.30 pm.

 Installation and oath taking ceremony of the new team and ‘Charan Sparsh,’ a talk by Rahul Kapoor, an Inspirational Speaker and Author, who is also the official host for Royal Challengers Bangalore for season 3, 4 and 5, Tejraj Gulecha, Immediate Past Chairman, JITO Apex, chief guest, Prakash Singhvi, Vice-Chairman, JITO Apex, Rajendra Gandhi, Chairman,…

International Women’s Day celebrations, Seminar and ‘Karunada Mahila Sindhura’ award presentation ceremony, Sri Chidananda Swamiji and Bishop of Mysore Rev. Dr. K.V. William will grace the occasion, social worker K. Raghuram inaugurates,  ‘Karunada Mahila Sindhura’ awardees — MMC&RI Chief Administrative Officer B.G. Indiramma and Dr. K. Krishnamurthy Research Foundation Director Dr. K. Leela Prakash will…

Story telling by Prof. R.K. Padmanabha, retd. Professor, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Suruchi Rangamane, 476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm.    

 ‘Nrityagiri Nrityavimshati – Nrityalokadalli Ondu Payana’ youth dance festival, Karnataka Kalashri Prof. M. Shakunthala, former Principal, Fine Arts College, University of Mysore,  inaugurates, H. Chennappa, Asst. Director, Kannada & Culture, chief guest, Natyacharya Prof. K. Ramamurthy Rao, Director, ‘Noopura Kalavidaru’ Samskrutika Trust, Mysuru, presides, Felicitation to Vidu. Chandramati, Vidu. Pankaja Ramakrishnaiah, Dr. A.S. Kanchana, Dr….

‘Dr. Gubbi Veeranna Natakotsava’ as part of Dr. Gubbi Veeranna’s 125th birth anniversary and World Theatre Day celebrations, Master Hirannaiah inaugurates the theatre fest, Music University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Sarvamangala Shankar inaugurates a Photo Exhibition, MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar and Theatre Director Shashidhar Bharighat chief guests, Bengaluru’s Samudaya theatre group stages the play ‘Mahatma Kabira’ directed…

Vaachana – Vyakhyana of Valmiki Ramayana, Bhavabhutiya Uttararama Charite – Lecture by Vidwan Suryaprakash Pandit, a Sanskrit scholar and senior journalist of Prajavani, Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana (Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha), JLB Road,6 pm to 8 pm.  

Book release — Dr. B.V. Vasanthakumar’s “Devara Dasimaiah, Jedara Sadimaiah Bere Bereyalla” — by litterateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar, retd. Kannada Professor Prof. A.K. Hampanna speaks about the book, Maneyangala, Kalamandira, 5 pm.