Mysore City Inter-Collegiate Men and Women Cross Country Championship (2017-18), International Athlete and Ekalavya Awardee Nagendra Prasad inaugurates, UoM’s DPE Director (in-charge) Dr. P. Krishnaiah chief guest, Mysore District Athletics Association Secretary B. Srikantaiah guests of honour, NIE PE Director Shankaranarayana presides, NIE First Grade College campus, Manandavadi Road, 6 am.  

Shopping Festival-2017, Scouts & Guides Ground, behind DC’s Office, 10.30 am to 9.30 pm.  

Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Weight-lifting and Best Physique Championships for Men (2017-18), Dr. K. Pushpalatha, Chairperson, NIE Sports Committee, inaugurates, Dr. B.N. Asha, Principal, Onkarmal Somani College of Education, Mysuru and President, MCICT (2017-18), chief guest, Dr. G. Ravi, Principal, NIE, presides, NIE Diamond Jubilee Indoor Sports Complex, 10 am.  

Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha by Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, Junior Pontiff of Avadhoota Datta Peetha, Discourse on Yoga Vashista by Sri Swamiji, 7.30 am; Srichakra Puja, Maha Ganapathy Homa etc., Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Ooty Road, 8.30 am.  

Dashalakshana Parva of Bhadrapada Maasa, Discourse by Dr. Rajendra Kumar, Sri Shantishwara Swamy Basadi (Kote Basadi), 7.15 pm.

Ganesha Festival, 56th Heritage Music Festival, Gamaka Vachana programme on ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata,’ 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm; Vocal recital by Vid. Saket Raman, accompanied by Vid. Vittal Rangan on Violin, Padma Vibhushan Vid. Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman on Mridanga, Vid. Guruprasanna on Kanjira, 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, 6.45 pm onwards.  

Grand Jugalbandi Musical Concert by Vidwan Dr. Mysore Manjunath and Pandit Praveen Godkhindi (Violin and Bansuri), accompanied by B. C. Manjunath on mridanga and Kiran Godkhindi on tabla, Jaganmohan Palace Auditorium, 6.30 pm.  

Valedictory of State-level Inter-College Cultural Fest, DC D. Randeep and Mysore University Acting VC Prof. Dayananda Mane chief guests, felicitation to MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar, Mysuru City and District Brahmana Sangha President D.T. Prakashm Police Training School-Mysuru Principal Dr. Dharanidevi Malagatti, DCP (Law&Order) N. Vishnuvardhana and A.N. Prakash Gowda of BMTC, Vedike Founder-President M.J. Suresh…

D. Devaraj Urs birth anniversary celebrations, Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanath Shetty inaugurates, MyLAC Chairman H.A. Venkatesh unveils a portrait of Devaraj Urs, Karnataka Vaidya Sahitya Parishat President Dr. C. Sharath Kumar presides, Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), JLB Road, 4.45 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.