Gowri-Ganesha Festival and Sri 101 Ganapati Installation’s 63rd annual celebrations, Devaranama by Sri Vaishnavi Mahila Sangha, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm; Sugama Sangeetha by Choodamani and troupe, Temple premises, Tyagaraja Road, K.R. Mohalla, 7 pm.  

Ganesha Festival, 56th Heritage Music Festival, Gamaka Vachana programme on ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata,’ 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm; Vocal recital by Vid. Dr. Pantula Rama, accompanied by Vid. Mutnery Srinivas Narasimha Murthy on Violin, Vid. Tumkur B. Ravishankar on Mridanga and Vid. Vyasa Vittala on Khanjeera, 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, 6.45 pm onwards.  

Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam-50’ Jnanapeeth Award Golden Jubilee celebrations, senior scholar Dr. C.P. Krishna Kumar inaugurates, talk by Dr. H.M. Kalashri of Maharani Arts College, Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat premises, Palace premises, 5 pm.  

38th Chaturmasya Vratam of Sri Bhandarakeri Mutt Pontiff Sri Vidyesha Teertha Swamiji, ‘Harinama Sankeerthana’ by Bhajana Mandali, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm; Discourse, Sri Venkatachaladhama, Ramaswamy Circle, 6 pm to 8 pm.  

Sri Mahavidyaganapti Mahotsava, Mahamangalarati and immersion of Ganesha idol, Prarthana Mandira, 1 pm.  

Sri Mahavidyaganapti Mahotsava, Devotional Songs by Nityashree and team, Prarthana Mandira, 6 pm.  

Swami Atmajnanandaji speaks on ‘Viveka Choodamani,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.  

71st Independence Day celebrations, Inauguration of painting expo (freedom fighters) by U.G. Mohan Kumar Aradhya, Freedom Fighters Association President Dr. M.G. Krishnamurthy inaugurates, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, 10 am; Expo open to public, Suchithra Art Gallery, Kalamandira, 10 am to 7 pm.  

Ganesha Festival, 56th Heritage Music Festival, Sri Sathyanarayana Puja, 10 am; Gamaka Vachana programme on ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata,’ 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm; Vocal recital by Vid. Vijay Siva, accompanied by Vid Prabhath Gokhale – Pramod Gokhale (Vocal support), Vid. Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Vid. N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridanga), Vid. Vyasa Vittala (Khanjeera), 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, 6.30…

Pratibha Puraskar presentation, MUDA Commissioner Dr. M. Mahesh inaugurates, Trust President J. Puttaswamy presides, Rotary Heritage Mysore President K. Manjunath will be present, Rotary West auditorium, Saraswathipuram, 11 am.