Discourse on ‘Srimad Valmiki Ramayana’ by Vid. G.N. Bhatta, Kannada and Culture Asst. Director H. Channappa inaugurates, Sanatana Sabha President N.S. Dwarakanath presides, Karnataka Sahitya Academy-Bengaluru President Dr. B.V. Vasanthakumar chief guest, Karnataka Muktaka Sahitya Academy-Mysuru President Prof. S. Ramaprasad will be present, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 5.45 pm.

District-level Elocution Contest on ‘Nanna Bharata – 2035 Nrikshegalu,’ retd. Professor of Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies Prof. Pradhan Gurudatta inaugurates, NSS Programme Co-ordinator Dr. B. Chandrashekar, The Institute of Educational Trust President and Managing Trustee H.N. Nagaraj and The Institute of Educational Trust Managing Trustee Dr. M. Puttaswamy chief guests, Basudeva Somani College Principal…

Staging of play ‘Pushpa Parijata,’ Bhoomigeeta, Rangayana premises, 6.30 pm.

Tirupavai Discourse by Vid. M.K. Shelvanarayana, Sanskrit Lecturer, Sharada Vidya Mandira, Temple premises, 7 pm.

Sri Chamundeshwari Ammanavara Kotarotsava Vaibhava, Dasaravani Recital by noted playback singer and Sangeetha Vidushi Sangeetha Katti, Bengaluru, accompanied by Vid. Satish Kolli on harmonium, Vid. Keshav Joshi on tabla and Vid. Rajesh Padiyar on tala, Deeksha Mantap, temple premises, 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.

Staging of play ‘Alibaba mattu Nalavattu Kallaru,’ directed by Mandya Ramesh, School premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.

Discourse on ‘Tiruppavai Kalakshepa’ by Dr. N.K. Ramaseshan, Sri Ramamandira, Krishnamurthypuram, 6.15 pm to 7.30 pm.

Lecture in Kannada on ‘Khandana-Bhava-Bhandana’ by Swami Shantivratanandaji, Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

88th Monthly Programme in memory of noted stage artiste H.P. Ramasheshu, staging of Kannada play ‘Uchhistha’ written and directed by prominent Kannada TV serial actor, director and playwright S.N. Sethuram, Vasudevacharya Bhavana, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 6 pm.

Music Concert, Karnatak Vocal Recital by Padma Shri Dr. Aruna Sairam, accompanied by Shraddha Ravindran on violin, K. Praveen Kumar on mridanga and S.V. Ramani on ghata, Chamundi Hill Temple premises, 6 pm to 8.30 pm.