Bhakti Kutir initiative, Bhagavad Gita sessions, Kurma Kshetra, 1st Floor, 3018, 1st Main Road, Gokulam 1st Stage, 6.30 pm. [Mob: 90352-76643 or 82176-41068]

102nd Birth Anniversary celebrations of legendary flautist T.R. Mahalingam, flute concert by Vid. C.A. Sridhar and Vid. C.S. Keshava Chandra, accompanied by Vid. G.S. Ramanujam on mridanga and Vid. V.S. Ramesh on morching, felicitation to Vid. Sridhar on receiving the State-level Kannada Rajyotsava Award, Alwar Kala Bhavan, Gokulam 3rd Stage, 6 pm. 

Annual Day celebrations ‘Nrutya Sambhrama 2026 – Nrutya Samarpana,’ Ganabharathi Ramagovinda Kalavedike, Kuvempunagar, 5.30 pm.

Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations, musical night led by Ramesh Kumar (Junior Rajkumar), Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 5.30 pm. 

‘Yuva Sourabha’ series, thematic classical vocal duet on ‘Haridasara Mundigegalu’ by Vidushis Archana and Samanvi — Swaranjali Sisters — accompanied by Vidu. Prithvi Bhaskar on violin and Vid. Sunil Subrahmanya on mridanga, BSS Vidyodaya School, Krishnamurthypuram, 5.30 pm.

Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations, Hema Shetty, retired teacher and Harikatha scholar from Mysuru, inaugurates, Gagana Shetty, Administrative Board Member, Subodha School, Ramachandra Hegde, Akshobhya Caterers, Mysuru and S.N. Poornima, home-maker, guests, 3.30 pm; ‘Kathe Kelona Banni,’ Hema Shetty, who is also a Harikatha scholar, narrates ‘Sri Krishna Sandhana’ story segment from ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata’ to children through…

‘Kavida Kattaleyalli Bharavaseya Nota,’ an interaction programme on Dalit activist C.M. Muniyappa Hasala’s ‘Kaladiya Kannu,’ DSS State Convenor Guruprasad Keragodu inaugurates, journalist K. Narasimhamurthy keynote address, cultural thinker B. Mahesh Harave talks about the book, senior Dalit activist N. Venkatesh presides, Mini Theatre, Kalamandira premises, 10.30 am. 

Handmade (Paper Pulp) Dolls Show by 77-year-old artist K.S. Raghavendra, Inchara Kalakshetra, 149/150, 4th Cross, 3rd Main, Mahadeshwaranagara 2nd Stage, Vijayanagar, 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm.

Vocal recital by Vidu. Anjali Sriram, accompanied by Vid. B.K. Raghu on violin and Vid. B.S. Prashanth on mridanga, Ganabharathi’s Veene Seshanna Bhavan, Kuvempunagar, 6 pm.

Felicitation to Swami Muktidanandaji and Sri Ramakrishna Ashram Yatis, Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji, Sri Vishwaprasanna Teertha Swamiji, Swami Yukteshanandaji and Swami Muktidanandaji will grace the occasion, Mysuru Nagarika Sanmana Samiti President Dr. D. Madegowda presides, Viveka Smaraka Amphitheatre, N.S. Road, 5 pm.