Shopping Festival, Handicraft and Handloom Expo-cum-Sale, Scouts & Guides Ground, behind DC office, 10.30 am to 9.30 pm.

University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar releases writer Dr. H.T. Krishnegowda’s six books, KIKS Director Prof. M.G. Manjunath presides, writer and former English faculty Prof. D.A. Shankar, veteran writer Prof. C.P. Krishnakumar and former Kannada faculty Prof. N.S. Taranath chief guests, B.M. Shri auditorium, KIKS, Manasagangothri, 11 am.

Special lecture programme – World Social Justice, Dr. M. Puttaswamy, President and Managing Trustee, The Institute of Education Trust, inaugurates, Devaraj Bhute, Senior Civil Judge and Member-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Kuber P. Gowda, Secretary and Managing Trustee, The Institute of Education Trust and Prabha Puttaswamy, Managing Trustee, The Institute of Education Trust, chief…

Staging of play ‘Mruchchakatika,’ Direction: Mandya Ramesh, School premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.

Staging of play ‘Krishnegowdana Aane’ by junior repertory artistes; Story: Poornachandra Tejaswi; Direction: R. Nagesh; Bhoomigeeta auditorium, Rangayana premises, 6.30 pm.

Hindustani Music Concert by Pt. Vijay Kumar Patil, Dharwad, accompanied by Pt. Veerabhadraiah Hiremath on harmonium and Pt. Bheemashankar Bidanur on tabla, Ganabharathi, Veene Seshanna Bhavan, Kuvempunagar, 6 pm.

Karnatak Classical Vocal by Vid. S.R.Vinay Sharva, Vidu. Sindhu Suchetan – violin, Vid.  B.S. Prashanth   – mridanga, Vid. S. Sharath Kaushik  – ghata, Sri B.M.Subbanna Memorial Concert  sponsored by  Bellur Foundation, K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana, Sabha premises, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 6 pm.

Inauguration of 28th State-level Karate Championship – 2022, Mayor Sunanda Palanetra, former MUDA Chairman K.R. Mohan Kumar, Director of Physical Education-University of Mysore Dr. P. Krishnaiah and Karnataka Karate Association and former MLC Kyoshi C.S. Arun Machaiah chief guests, Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) President S.T. Ravikumar, Mysuru’s Praja Bharata Media House Editor K. Deepak,…

Anthyakshari, Vid. H.L. Chidambara Bhatta, Sanskrit Scholar, Mysuru, inaugurates, T.N. Saraswathi, Convenor, Surabhi Mathru Mandali, Turuvekere, presides, Ganesha Hall, #854 Panchamanthra Road, Kuvempunagar, 4 pm.

Book release — Champa Shivanna’s ‘Vachana Kusumanjali’ — by Akhila Bharatiya Sharana Sahitya Parishat-Bengaluru President Prof. Maleyuru Guruswamy, JSS Mahavidyapeetha Collegiate Education Division Director Prof. Morabada Mallikarjuna speaks about the book, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Maddikere Gopal presides, Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota Mysuru President M. Chandrashekar delivers keynote address, District Sharana Sahitya Parishat Mysuru…