65th Annual Puja Celebrations, 26th Year Dhwajarohana Mahothsava, Dwajarohana, Sree Ayyappa Swamy and Sree Guruvayurappan Temple, foot of Chamundi Hill, 6 pm to 9 pm.

Swami Jnanayoganandaji speaks on ‘Sri Ramakrishna Vachanaveda’ in Kannada, Ashram premises, 6 pm to 6.50 pm.

Valedictory of National Puppetry Festival, R. Guru, Philanthropist & Industrialist, N. Ranga Rao & Sons, Mysuru, guest of honour, Hardwicke School campus, JLB Road, 6 pm.

Niranthara Ranga Utsava, Veeraghase performance by Naveen Kumar and Team, Kadur, 5.30 pm; Valedictory ceremony. Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, Senior Theatre Director Chidambara Rao Jambe, Thinker Devanura Basavaraju and M.M. Suguna of Niranthara will be present, 6.15 pm; Stating of play ‘Kodalla Andre Kodalla’ (based on Dario Fo’s ‘Can’t pay, Won’t pay) by Nirdiganta,…

Musical Evening of film songs, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 4.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

25t anniversary celebrations, audio release, ‘Sugama Sangeetha Kalanidhi’ award presentation and group singing, MLA T.S. Srivatsa presides, Karnataka Sugama Sangeetha Parishat Mysuru Unit President Dr. Nagaraj Bairy, art patron K. Raghuram Vajpayee and Kannada & Culture Assistant Director Dr. M.D. Sudarshan will  be present, Veene Seshanna Bhavan, Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, 4.30 pm.

Winter Festival – Flower Show, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa inaugurates; Cultural Programmes – Instrumental music by S. Sampath and team, 4.30 pm to 5.15 pm; Devotional songs by Yogashree and troupe, 5.20 pm to 5.50 pm; Light music by Lavanya and team, 6 pm to 7 pm; Folk songs by H.S. Sneha and troupe;…

Christmas Celebrations, Feast Mass, Konkan Bhavan, 4 pm.

‘Mahila Utsava,’ Dasara Exhibition premises, 4 pm to 9.30 pm; Cultural programmes, musical evening by Sri Adishakti Natya Sangha, Srirangapatna, Mandya (Junior Ambarish – Hosadurga, Junior Upendra – Kushtagi, Junior Shankar Nag – Honnali, Junior Ravichandran – Vijayapura, Junior Gurukiran – Kundapura, Geetha – Sigandur and Divya – Bengaluru; Manager R. Srinivas), P. Kalingarao Gaana…

Inauguration of ‘Amrutha Varshini – Mothers Milk Bank,’ RI Dist. 3191 District Governor Rtn. B.R. Sridhar and RI Dist. 3181 District Governor Rtn. P.K. Ramakrishna chief guests, Rtn. H.R. Keshav and Rtn. Yashaswi Somashekar guests of honour, MMC&RI Dean & Director Dr. K.R. Dakshayani and Cheluvamba Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. R. Sudha will be present,…