103rd Birth Anniversary of Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, Patron of Sri Jayachamaraja Ursu Education Trust, unveils the bust of the Trust Founder Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Prof. Dr. N.S. Tharanatha, Visiting Kannada Professor, KIKS, chief guest and delivers talk on ‘Life and Achievements of HH Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar,’ Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, President of Sri Jayachamaraja…

Exhibit-cum-sale of handlooms and handicrafts from across the country, Open Ground near Apollo Hospital, Adichunchanagiri Road, Kuvempunagar, 10.30 am to 9.30 pm.

Seminar on ‘Innovation to build resilient, sustainable food supply for nutritional security,’ Prof. S. Ayyappan, Chancellor, Central Agricultural University Imphal and Chairman, Karnataka Science & Technology Academy, chief guest, Dr. C.N. Ravishankar, Director, Vice-Chancellor, ICAR-CIFE, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, guest of honour, Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, guest…

Guru Purnima, Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha rituals by Sri Datta Vijayananda Theertha Swamiji, Junior Pontiff of Avadhoota Datta Peetha, Sri Chakra Puja, Maha Ganapathy Homa, 7.30 am; Discourse on Yoga Vashishta, 8 am; Special programmes, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram, Dattanagar, Nanjangud Road, 7 pm. [Ph: 0821-2486486]

Staging of Kannada musical play ’Ayodhyaa Kaanda’ based on Valmiki’s Ramayana (written and directed by Prasanna), Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, 7 pm. [Mob: 95902-59095]

Swami Jnanayoganandaji speaks on ‘Sri Ramakrishna Vachanaved,’ Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Guru Purnima, Bhajans and chanting, 6 pm to 6.30 pm; Gita Jnana Yajna in English by Pu. Swami Aparajitananda, Acharya of Chinmaya Mission, Mangaluru, on ‘Purushottama Yoga – Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita,’ Shivananda Jnanalaya, JLB Road, 6.30 pm to 8 pm.

‘Dodmane Dore’ musical evening, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, 5 pm.

Interaction Programme ‘Saraswati, Santimmi haagu Sharanya mattu Hennu’ with poetess and activist Saraswati and theatre personality Sharanya Ramaprakash, 4 pm; Staging of play ‘Desdemona Rupakam’ by Nalanda Arts Studio, Bengaluru, Natana premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.

Releasing of Dr. Manik Bengeri’s Marathi book ‘Sangeetha-Natya-Panchayatan,’ former Head of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore, Dr. A.V. Narasimhamurthy, inaugurates, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Maddikere Gopal presides, senior theatre artiste Madhava Khare speaks about the book, District Kannada Sahitya Bhavan, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, 11 am.