Launch of Education Fund for Journalists’ children and presentation of Prathibha Puraskar, Minister Tanveer Sait inaugurates, MDJA President K. Deepak presides, MLA M.K. Somashekar and Karnataka Lokayukta SP Rashmi chief guests, MDJA premises, Agrahara, 10 am.  

Basava Jayanti celebrations, conferring of ‘Basava Ratna’ award on Dr. M. Raju, M.D. KRIDL, Bengaluru; Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Director, Jayadeva Institute of Cardio Vascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru; A.T. Ranganath, Veteran Kannada activist from Bengaluru, Dr. Sharada Channabasappa, social worker from Bengaluru, H.V. Rajeev, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan icon from Mysuru and Dhananjaya, noted cine actor;…

Story-telling by H.P. Geetha, Associate Professor in Kannada, Govt. Degree College, Kuvempunagar, Suruchi Rangamane, # 476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm.  

Environment Awareness Rally, MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha inaugurates, ACP C. Mallik chief guest, PU College Principal M.V. Asha guest of honour, Principal Prof. K.V. Damodara Gowda presides, College premises, 3 pm.  

Discourse on ‘Sampurna Srimadramayana’ by Prof. K.S. Narayanacharya, Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall, Krishnamurthypuram, 6.15 pm.

Song festivals by medical doctors under the direction of H.R. Leelavathi — Dr. Madhavi Raja, Dr. Rohini Mohan, Dr. Snehasri Nirmal Kumar, Dr. Anupama Shetty, Dr. Shushma Krishnamurthy, Dr. A. Jayaram, Dr. B.R. Padmanabha Rao, Dr. G.D. Ravikumar; accompanied by C. Vishwanath on mandolin, Nithin Rajarama Shastri on casio, Raghavendra Prasad on rhythm pad and…

Swami Nityasthanandaji speaks on ‘In search of happiness,’ Ashrama premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.  

13th anniversary celebrations, Abhishekas and Special Pujas, 9 am onwards; Mahagondal programme by Bengaluru’s Gondal Maharaj Janardhan Rao troupe, Temple premises, 7 pm.

Discourse on ‘Sampurna Srimadramayana’ by Prof. K.S. Narayanacharya, Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall, Krishnamurthypuram, 6.15 pm.  

First death anniversary of Philanthropist and Industrialist K. Raghunathan, Salutation through dance, Bharatanatyam by Vidu. Pramitha Ramesh, accompanied by Guru Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy (nattuvanga), Vid. Nandakumar (vocal), Vid. Hanumantharaju (percussion) and Rakesh Sudhir (flute), Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 6 pm.