Kanakadasa Jayanti, Nanjangud Government First Grade College Asst. Professor A.M. Shivaswamy chief guest chief guest, College Principal Dr. M. Channabasavegowda presides, Jayalakshmammani auditorium, 9.30 am.  

530th Kanakadasa Jayanti, procession, Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple, Palace North Gate, 9 am; Stage programme, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa inaugurates, MLA Vasu presides, Kalamandira, 12.30 pm.  

19th Sri Hevilamba Samvatsara’s Margashira Karthika Masa, Sri Male Mahadeshwara Swami Special Puja Mahotsava, Kumabhisheka, Sri Gurushanta Swamiji graces the occasion, 7.05 am; Utsava, 12 noon; Agni Kondotsava, Temple premises, #867/1, 15th Cross, Ramanuja Road, 8 pm.  

Diamond Jubilee Year Celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, Nakshatra Ishti for the well-being of the society, Bhagavata Parayana by Sri Swamiji, 7 am; Srichakra Puja, Ganapathy Homa, 8.30 am; Nakshatra Ishti rituals, Poornahuti and Prasadam, 10 am to 1 pm; Bhajans and Namasankeertana, Poundarika Rangastala, Ashrama premises, Nanjangud-Ooty Road, 6.30 pm.  

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

Staging of play ‘Villa for Sale’ (Director – Isha Suraj) by St. Joseph’s Central School, 6 pm; ‘The Accident’ (Director – Damayanthi Patidar) by Acharya Vidyakula, Suruchi Rangamane, # 476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 6.45 pm.  

Karnatak classical vocal by Vid. Vidyabhushana, accompanied by Vid. H.K. Narasimhamurthy on violin, Vid. H.L. Shivashankaraswamy on mridanga and Vid. M.R. Manjunath on ghata, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, K.Vasudevacharya Bhavana, JLB Road, Lakshmipuram, 6 pm.  

62nd Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations, theatre director B. Jayashree chief guest, felicitation to Rajyotsava Awardee Meera Nayak, interaction – B. Jayashree – writer Preethi B. Nagaraj, Swami Vivekananda auditorium, Mahajana PU College, Jayalakshmipuram, 11 am.  

Celebrating 3rd anniversary of Balaga’s Swachh Bharat initiative, Sri Mokshatmanandaji of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama graces the occasion, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Ramesh C. Jigajinagi inaugurates, former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad releases documentary, MP Pratap Simha distributes financial aid to children of Pourakarmikas, Nityotsava auditorium, near Ballal Circle, 11 am.  

Scholarship distribution ceremony-2017, retd. Dean and Director of MMC&RI Dr. Geetha K. Avadhani inaugurates, Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha President K.N. Venkatanarayana chief guest, Sri Hulagadri Trust Managing Trustee G.R. Nagaraja presides, Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall, 10.30 am.