Guru Purnima, Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha rituals by Junior Pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Theertha Swamiji, Sri Chakra Puja, Maha Ganapathy Homa, 7.30 am; Discourse on Yoga Vashishta, 8 am; Special programmes, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram, Dattanagar, Nanjangud Road, 7 pm. [Ph: 0821-2486486]

68th anniversary and Gowri-Ganesha Festival celebrations, cultural programmes, Sugama Sangeetha by Umapati and troupe, keyboard recital by disciples, Temple premises, Tyagaraja Circle, K.R. Mohalla, 7 pm.

61st Heritage Music Festival (8th Cross Ganesha Music Fest), Rannana Gadayuddha – Bheemasena Pratignye. Vaachana: Ganesh Udupa and Vyakhyaana: Dakshinamurthy, 5.30 pm; Vocal recital by Akkarai Sisters — Vidushis Akkarai Subhalakshmi and Akkarai Swarnalatha, accompanied by Vid. Vittala Rangan (violin), Vid. K.U. Jayachandra Rao (mridanga) and Vid. Vazhappally Krishnakumar (ghata), 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, 6.45…

Mysuru Ganesha Utsava, musical evening by Sooryagayathri, 5.15 pm; Live Art by Asia’s fastest speed painter Vilas Nayak, 7 pm; Kalaripayattu live performance by Guru Krishna Pratap and troupe, Madhava Krupa premises, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 8 pm.

Three-day 25th Annual National Convention of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Family Welfare and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar inaugurates, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) General Secretary Sudarshan Jain releases the souvenir and delivers keynote address, APTI President Dr. Milind Janrao Umekar presides, JSS Mahavidyapeetha Executive Secretary Dr. C.G. Betsurmath, Pharmacy Council of…

Guru Purnima, Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha rituals by Junior Pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Theertha Swamiji, Sri Chakra Puja, Maha Ganapathy Homa, 7.30 am; Discourse on Yoga Vashishta, 8 am; Special programmes, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram, Dattanagar, Nanjangud Road, 7 pm. [Ph: 0821-2486486]

68th anniversary and Gowri-Ganesha Festival celebrations, cultural programmes, devotional songs by Suma Vasanth and troupe, Saraswathipuram, Temple premises, Tyagaraja Circle, K.R. Mohalla, 7 pm.

61st Heritage Music Festival (8th Cross Ganesha Music Festival), Inaugural Function – Shantakumar, Director, The Printers (Mysuru), Publisher, Prajavani and Deccan Herald, inaugurates the music series, Jagannath Shenoy, President, SPVGMC Trust, presides, Vasu, former MLA and patron, SPVGMC Trust, will be present, Ramesh Narasaiah, Assistant Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Mysuru, first recipient of the Chief Minister…

Mysuru Ganesha Utsava, Bharatanatyam by disciples of Vidu. Mithra Naveen of Nadavidyalaya Academy of Music and Dance, Mysuru, 5.15 pm; Musical Evening by Karnataka Government Police Band, 6.15 pm; Dance programme by Karnataka Kalashri Guru Satyanarayana Raju and troupe, Madhava Krupa premises, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 7.30 pm.

Mysuru Ganesha Utsava, Bharatanatyam recital by Vidu. T.S. Srilakshmi Kumar of Sri Uma Maheshwara Nruthya Kalakshetra Trust, Mysuru and her disciples, 6 pm; Ganesha Vandana by Vidu. Nagalakshmi Nagarjun of Champaka Academy and her disciples, 7 pm; Harikathe ‘Vinayaka Vijaya’ by Kittur Rani Chennamma Award recipient Vidu. Dr. V. Malini, Madhava Krupa premises, JLB Road,…