Book release — Devaraju P. Chikkahalli’s ‘Jaati ellada jyoti’ and ‘Vachana divige’ — by Prof. Morabada Mallikarjuna, Director, Collegiate Education Division, JSS Mahavidyapeetha, columnist Dr. Gubbigudu Ramesh and littérateur Dr. Jayappa Honnalli will speak about the books, Rotary Hall, JLB Road, 10.30 am.    

‘Sahitya Chavadi – Samvada’ programme – 103, Interaction with Nagesh Rao (retd. Assistant Registrar, GKVK, Bengaluru) on ‘Shishunala Sharifara Tatvapadagalu – Ondu Avalokana,’ Suruchi Rangamane, Chitrabanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 10.30 am.    

Lecture on ‘The Legacy of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’ by Dr.Sudhamani, 581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, 10.30 am.    

 Expo of wooden artefacts created by Jamuna Rani Mirle, Gallery premises, Ramanuja Road, 10 am to 6 pm.    

Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji’s 76th birthday festivities, Srichakra Puja and Maha Ganapathi Homa, 8 am; Distribution of charities, Samarpana by devotees, 9 am; Sampoorna Bhagavadgita Parayana, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Dattanagar, 6 pm.    

Adhimasa Special Programmes, Sarvamulapata (Krishnamruta Maharnava) by Pt. Aniruddhacharya Pandurangi, 7.30 am to 8.03 am; Samuhika 33 Pradakshine Namaskara, 8.03 am to 8.30 am; Bhajans, 6 pm to 7 pm; Lecture by scholars, Mutt premises, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.    

 Veena Gaana Sambhrama in memory of veena artiste Vidwan M.J.Sreenivasa Iyengar, Classical Veena by Vidwan Mudikondan S.N.Ramesh accompanied with Vid. C. Cheluvaraju on Mridanga and Vid. G.S.Ramanujan on Ghata, Sabha premises, Sangeetha Kalanidhi K.Vasudevacharya Bhavana, JLB Road,  6 pm.

Lecture on ‘Mankutimmana Kagga’ by G.S. Natesha (Shivamogga), Kalyana Vekateshwara Temple, Kalyanagirinagar, 6.30 pm.    

Shivanubhava Dasoha-247, lecture on ‘Saharanara Dharma Sandesha’ by Dr. H.T. Shailaja, Head, Kannada PG Department, JSS College, Puttanna, retd. Excise Dy. Commissioner, presides, Bhajans by Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Art Troupe, Rajendra Bhavan, JSS Hospital premises, 6 pm.    

 Adhika Jeshta Masa, ‘Ganasiri – Vedanta Lahari’ (Harikathamrutasaara – Dasara Padagala Gayana), Harinama Sankeerthane by Sameerachar from Bengaluru, 5 pm to 6 pm; ‘Gaanasiri – Vedantalahari,’ discourse by Dr. B.N. Vijayindracharya, Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall, Krishnamurthypuram, 6 pm to 8 pm.