Felicitation to scholars — Vid. Nagesh Shastry Herlekar (Belagavi), Vid. S. Krishnamurthy Bhatta (Sagara), Vid. Pallattadka Shankaranarayana Bhatta (Puttur), Vid. Sreedhar Shesha Adi (Gokarna), Vid. K. Rajagopalacharya (Bengaluru), Vid. T.N. Prabhakar (Turuvekere), Vid. G. Mahabaleshwara Bhatta (Sringeri), Vid. Rajeshwara Shastry Joshi (Dharwad), Vid. S. Ranganatha (Bengaluru) and Vidu. Dinamani Srinivasamurthy (Mysuru) — retd. IAS Officer…

‘Manjira Mahotsava-2024,’ Bharatanatyam by Vid. N. Srikanth and Vidu. Ashwati V. Nayar, 6 pm; Kathak  dance by Vidu. Aditi Ashok and Vidu. Spoorthi Ashok, Ramagovinda Kalavedike,Ganabharathi premises, Kuvempunagar, 7.30 pm.

Girija Kalyana Saptaha-Lecture series based on Shivapurana, Shivatatvachintamani and Girijakalyana Mahaprabandha of Harihara, Daksha Dahana — discourse by Dr. Jyothi Shankar, music by disciples of Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar of Surabhi Gana Kalamandira; Ganapathi temple, ‘I’ Block, Ramakrishnanagar, 6 pm onwards.

Staging of Kannada play ‘Karineera Veera,’ based on the life  story of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, directed by Rangayana  Mysuru former Director Addanda C. Cariappa, Kirurangamandira, Kalamandira premises, 6.30 pm.

‘Baalondu Bhavageethe’, Kannada filmsmusic programme, Nadabrahma Sangeeta Sabha, JLB Road, 5.30 pm.

33rd Annual day celebrations, Sree Nataraja Prathishtana President Sri Chidananda Swamiji graces the occasion, MLA T.S. Srivatsa, chief guest, Pratishtana Special Officer Prof. S. Shivarajppa presides, Mysuru South Zone BEO C.N. Raju distributes prizes, Sree Nataraja auditorium, School premises, Shankar Mutt Road, K.R. Mohalla,  3.30 pm.

Conferring State-level ‘Janapada Seva Ratna’ Award to the folk artistes,  Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Maddikere Gopal, chief guest, MLA K. Harishgowda presides, UoM Dept. of Zoology Professor Dr. S. Basavarajappa, Karnataka Janapada ParishatPresident Dr. H.R. Thimmegowda, Theatre Director Dayananda Katte, Tayinadu Kannada Rakshana Vedike State President Dr. Rajegowda, litteratuer Katte Krishnaswamy, vachana singer…

76th Sarvodaya Day, special lecture on ‘Dharmika Sahishnute — Gandhiji Parikalpane mattu Indina Agatya’ by journalist Ravindra Bhat, UoM VC Prof. N.K. Lokanath presides, Registrar V.R. Shylaja and Registrar (Evaluation) Prof. K. Mahadevan, chief guests, felicitation to pourakarmika Nagamma, Gandhi Bhavan auditorium, Manasagangothri campus, 10.30 am.

Two-day seminar on Various Dimensions of Kannada Literary Research, Seminar Series, Third Session: T. S. Satyanath on ‘Possibilities of Comparative Studies in Kannada Literary Culture’, D.C. Geetha on ‘Feminist Research and Kannada Literature’ & H. Shashikala on ‘Kannada Research & various Linguistic approaches,’ 10 am to 11.30 am; Fourth Session: N.S. Taranath on ‘Different Aspects…

Girija Kalyana Saptaha-Lecture series based on Shivapurana, Shivatatvachintamani and Girijakalyana Mahaprabandha of Harihara, Dr. Jyothy Shankara will deliver lectures; Katharambha by disciples of Vidu. Gayatri Sathyanarayana, Savigana Dasavani troupe, Ganapathi temple, ‘I’ Block, Ramakrishnanagar, 6 pm onwards.