‘Silk India-2020’ expo, Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry, Vinoba Road, up to 8.30 pm.

‘Gayanotsava’ – a musical tribute to playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) and Music Director Rajan of Rajan-Nagendra fame, theatre artiste Mandya Ramesh inaugurates, MLA G.T. Devegowda presides, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna delivers keynote address, RamaGovinda Rangamandira, Kannada Vikasa Vidya Samsthe, Ramakrishnanagar E & F Block, 5 pm.

Felicitation to Professors of University of Mysore (UoM) who have been named by Stanford University among the World’s Top 2% Scientists — Prof. K.S. Rangappa, Prof. K. Bhyrappa and Prof. K. Basavaiah; MP Pratap Simha and Geologist M.Y. Ravishankar chief guests, UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar presides, Rani Bahadur auditorium, Hunsur Road, 5.30 pm.

‘Laya Raaga Samarpanam’ Sthree Thaal Tharang by Vidu. Sukanya Ramgopal, accompanied by Vidu. Y.G. Srilatha Nikshith on veena, Vidu. Lakshmi Pillay on mridanga and Vidu. Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna on morching [Endowment programme: Instituted by Dr. Jagannath Shenoy], Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavan, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 6 pm.

Weekend Show, staging of Kannada play ‘Dahana’ by Bengaluru-based theatre troupe Ranga Antharanga (Written by S.N. Sethuram; Directed by Raghavendra Naik), Bhoomigeeta, Rangayana, 6.30 pm.

Staging of play ‘Alibaba’ (Written by Jnanapith awardee Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara; Directed by Mandya Ramesh), Natana premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.

Gamaka Vaachana on ‘Duryodhana Vilapa’ (Sahasa Bheema Vijaya), Vyakhyana by Vid. Kru. Pa. Manjunath, Vaachana by Vidu. Shubha Raghavendra [Sponsored in memory of late Savithri Raghavendra Rao by K.N. Raghavendra Rao], Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavan, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 6 pm.

Talk on ‘Business and Businessmen in the World of Literature,’ Dr. Nirmala C. Prakash, Professor of English (retd.), Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, keynote speaker, Dr. Mahadeva, Professor of English (retd.), University of Mysore (UoM), resource person, Dr. B. Shivaraj, Professor of Business Administration (retd.), UoM, presides, Hotel Le Ruchi The Prince, Hunsur Road,…

Karnatak Vocal Music by Vid. Manasa Nayana, accompanied by Vidu. Aditi Krishna Prakash on violin, Vid. A. Radhesh on mridanga and Vid. S. Manjunath on ghata, Alwar Kala Bhavan, Gokulam, 6 pm.

Online concert series, flute recital by versatile flautist Vid. L.V. Mukund, accompanied by Vidu. Charulatha Ramanujam on violin, Vid. H.S. Sudheendra on mridanga and Vid. U. Giridhara Udupa on ghata, YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5duKEUSvk8XXBra6TWQnSA), 5 pm.