Purandaradasa and Thyagaraja Aaradhana Nritya Mahotsava, Guruvandana and Kalemane Award Ceremony to senior artistes and Gurus in the field of Bharatanatyam and Karnatak Classical Music, conferring of Kalemane Award on Guru Pustakam Rama (Karnatak Classical Music – Vocal), Senior Guru Lalitha Core M. Rao, Guru Dr. P.M. Chethana Radhakrishna, Guru T.S. Sreelakshmi Kumar and Dr….

Awareness programme on ‘Incidents of atrocities in the name of caste and solutions,’ SP of District Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE) Cell, Mysuru, B.T. Kavita inaugurates, Assistant Professor of Sociology at KSOU Dr. R. Santhosh Nayak speaks, Guest Lecturer and advocate Dr. S. Guruswamy presents papers, DSS District Convenor C. Umamahadev presides, Buddha Vihar, near Ashoka…

Ganayogi Panchakshari Puttaraja Sangeethotsava, launching of ‘Swarasankula Music School’ website, C. Basvegowda, President, Swarasankula Sangeetha Vidyalaya, P. Nityananda and K. Umashankar chief guests. Classical music by Pt. Ganapathi Bhat Hasanagi and S. Hiranmayi, accompanied by Pt. Virabharaiah Hiremutt and Pt. Vignesh Bhagawat on harmonium, Pt. Sridhar Mandre and Pandit Bheemashankar Bidanur on tabla, Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar,…

MyBuild21, a grand exhibition of construction materials, equipment, state-of-art technologies and the latest in Real Estate in aid of Mysore Builders’ Charitable Trust, up to 9 pm; Entertainment programmes, Maharaja’s College Grounds, 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. [Mob: 99007-91777 or 94480-49242]

Rashtriya Ranga Utsav (National Theatre Festival), staging of Kannada play ‘Mamatheya Suli’ based on Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s Sri Ramayana Darshanam by Kalabhi Theatre, Mangaluru (Design and Direction: Ganesh Mandarthi), Kiru Rangamandira (Mini Theatre), Kalamandira premises, 7 pm.

Niranthara Theatre Festival 2021-22, Indira Nair, Veteran theatre artiste, Sudesh Doddapalya, senior journalist, chief guest, 6.30 pm; Staging of Rajappa Dalavayi’s play ‘We the people of India’ by Shivamogga Rangayana, RamaGovinda Rangamandira, Ramakrishnanagar, 7 pm.

Late Pt. K.S. Hadapada Memorial Music Programme and conferring of ‘Pt. K.S. Hadapada Award’ on Bengaluru’s Dr. Udayaraj Karpur (tabla) for the year 2020 and Mysuru’s Pt. Ramesh Dhannur (tabla) for the year 2021; Mass tabla recital by students of SGP Music University  — Pratik Bhat, H. Manis, Jagannath Kulkarni, B. Panchami, R. Shivaskandan, Abhinav…

Swami Shivakantanandaji speaks on ‘Vedanta Paribhasha,’ Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

287th Shivanubhava Dasoha lecture by Prof. D.N. Sadashivamurthy, retd. Professor, Mysuru, on the topic ‘Basavannanavara Vineethabhava,’ Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graces, S.E. Gangadharaswamy, retd. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP-Traffic), presides, #1173, 80 Cross Road, near Uttam Bhandar, JSS Layout 2nd Stage, 6 pm. [Ph: 0821-2548212]

Book release — N. Nagachandra’s ‘Kannada Kadiru’ and ‘Ranga Sammukha’ — by District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Maddikere Gopal and Ranga Samaja Member Dr. B.V. Jayaram, KIKS Director Dr. M.G. Manjunath and English lecturer and theatre person N. Dhananjay will speak about the book, senior theatre person and Srinivas Mahima Prakashana’s N. Nagachendra will…