105th Foundation Day and Kavi Goshti – Geeta Gayana, Kannada Sahitya Academy Chairman Dr. Aravinda Malagatti inaugurates, Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, Maharani’s Arts College Asst. Professor Dr. B.V. Vasantha Kumar delivers talk on ‘Kannada Sahitya Parishat – Olavu Niluvugalu,’ social worker K. Raghuram chief guest, senior poet Jayappa Honnalli leads poets’ meet,…

World Cartoonists Day celebrations, expo of cartoons and caricatures by Star of Mysore Cartoonist M.V. Nagendra Babu, Mysore Art Gallery, Ramanuja Road, 10 am to 7 pm.

Kreedaa Kaushalya, exhibition of traditional games, Ramsons, Handicrafts Sales Emporium, opposite Mysuru Zoo, 10 am to 7 pm.

Sharane Akkamahadevi Jayanti and Sharana Sangama-254, Vachana Gayana competition, 10 am; Gamaka Vaachana by N.S. Mangala Ramamurthy, felicitation to ZP Vice-President Gowramma Somashekar and Veerashaiva Sangha Samsthegala haagu Basava Balagagala Okkuta President Jaya Gowda, Basava Samiti (Hebbal – Vijayanagar) President H.V. Basavaraju presides, Basava Bhavana, CA-5, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, behind Kodava Samaja, 10.30 am.

Basava Jayanti celebrations, colouring the picture and Vachana recitation contests, Nataraja Educational Institution, Shankara Mutt Road, near JSS Hospital, 10 am.

Sri Shankara Jayanti celebrations, Sri Shankara Sharadanugraha Bhajan Competition, Sringeri Shankara Mutt Dharmadhikari  H. Ramachandra presides, Guru Maharaja Arjuna Avadhoota chief guest, Sri Vidyashankara Kalyana Mantapa, near Gun House, Khille Mohalla, 9 am.

83rd Sri Ramotsava, mandolin recital by Vid. A.V. Dattatreya and party, Sri Rama Mandira, 2nd Main Road, 16th Cross, Jayanagar, 6.30 pm.

Story-telling for kids by R.N. Padmanabha, Retd. Professor, Department of Journalism, Maharaja’s College, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm; Staging of the play ‘Pari Pari Piri Piri’ scripted by Dr. T.C. Poornima, directed by Barti Olivera, Suruchi Rangamane, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 7 pm.

Exclusive Diamond Exhibition, No.2767, Temple Road, V.V. Mohalla, 11 am to 8 pm.

Inter-collegiate Astronomy quiz, Dr. D.J. Ravi, Dean-Academics and Dr. G.B. Krishnappa, Dean (Research & Development), guests of honour, VVCE Principal Dr. B. Sadashive Gowda presides, Training and Placement Seminar Hall, VVCE premises, Gokulam, 10.30 am to 2 pm.