78th Independence Day, Retired Professor, Department of History, Maharani’s College Dr. B.V. Sudhamani, hoists the National Flag; VVS Administrative Board Member S. Shivalingaiah chief guest; Hon. Treasurer Srishaila Ramannavar presides; Principal, Vidyavardhaka College Dr. S. Marigowda; Principal, Vidyavardhaka Law College Dr. Deepu; Principal, Vidyavardhaka  PU College Siddaiah and Vice-Principal, Vidyavardhaka Composite PU College K.M. Suresh…

Independence Day celebrations, flag hoisting, Crawford Hall, 7.30 am.

78th Independence Day and Investiture ceremony, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere, chief guest; BVB Chairman Dr. K.B. Ganapathy presides, BVB playground, Vijayanagar, 9.30 am.

78th Independence Day celebrations, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa hoists National Flag, MLA Tanveer Sait presides, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar chief guest, Chamarajanagar MP Sunil Bose, MLAs G.T. Devegowda, G.D. Harish Gowda, T.S. Srivatsa, Darshan Dhruvanarayan, K. Harishgowda and D. Ravishankar; MLCs A. H. Vishwanath, Dr. D. Thimmaiah, C.N. Manjegowda, Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, Madhu G….

Shravana Masa Pujanushtana and Discourse Series, special puja, morning; Mass prayer, 6 pm; Dr. K. Anantaramu delivers discourse on ‘Shivatatva Chintamani,’ written by Lakkanna Dandesha; Vaachana by Vidushi M.V. Shubha Raghavendra, Suttur Mutt, foot of Chamundi Hill, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.

‘Vachana-Shravana – Mane Manege Shravana Masada Shravana Sandesha,’ lecture by H.B. Anitha (Researcher, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore), residence of M.C. Sundara, HIG-1703, 9th Cross, Ramakrishnanagar, opp. Suyog Hospital, 5.30 pm.

21st Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha by junior pontiff Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, Srichakra Puja, Maha Ganapathy Homa, Kumkumarchana, 9 am; Chaturmasya Discourse on Sri Brahmanda Purana, Universal Prayer Hall, Ashram premises, 6.30 pm.

‘Karnataka Sambhrama-50,’ Mega Consumer Expo marking golden jubilee of renaming the Mysore State as Karnataka, Dasara Exhibition Grounds, 4 pm to 9.30 pm.

Inauguration of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar’s office, First Floor, CADA premises, 3 pm.

Conferring of ‘Rashtrakavi Goinda Pai Award’ 2023 on Prof. A.V. Narasimhamurthy, former Head of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Pathrakaratara Bhavan, Thyagaraja Mohalla, 12 noon.