Silver Jubilee of National Nirantara Kalemane Festival (on completion of 25 months) and ‘Kalemane Kalashree’ National Awards Ceremony, awardees are: T.S. Nagaraja Upadhyaya, Isro retd. and Vidushi Leelavathi N. Upadhyaya, Founder-Director, Leela Natya Kalavrunda, Bengaluru; ‘Abhinava Krishna’ Kundurthy Venkatakrishna and ‘Nrithyakala Thapaswini’ Dr. Anuradha Durbhakla (Kundurthy); Rajesh Sanke and Sunitha Sanke, Dance Choreographer and Folk…

Staging of a play ‘Kurukshetra’ by women artistes, Tejaswini Ananth Kumar of Adamya Chetana Foundation inaugurates stage programme, Vangipur Nambi Mutt Seer Sri Ilai Alwar Swamiji presides, Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa special invitee, Gynaecologist Dr. Poornima Madhusudan, Mysuru District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Societies Union Director B. Neelambike Mahesh, Sindhuvalli Gram Panchayat Member K.P. Nagu Kempanna,…

95th Samsmarane Programme, releasing of books on late writer Dr. H. Thipperudraswamy — ‘Sahityaavalokana’, ‘Bayala Belagu’ and ‘Nenapina Butti’ (Autobiography) — Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graces the occasion, Hirekal Mutt’s Odeyara Channamallikarjuna Shivacharya Swamiji, Hampi Kannada University Vice-Chancellor Dr. D.V. Parashivamurthy, veteran writer Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) and others will be present, writer…

Shopping Festival — Handicraft and Handloom expo-cum-sale — Scouts and Guides Grounds, behind DC’s Office, 10.30 am to 9.30 pm.

Exclusive jewellery exhibition, Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, M.G. Road, 10 am to 9 pm.

Felicitation to Dr. V. Lakshminarayan and Lakshmidevi Narayan, Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad inaugurates, retd. VC of Kuvempu University Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda releases felicitation volume ‘Narayana Namana,’ Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa and MLC Dr. D. Thimmaiah chief guests, Karnataka BJP Gen. Secretary Siddaraju and former Chairman of MPVL Kautilya R. Raghu special invitees, former…

Staging of the play Parshwa Sangeetha, directed by Prashanth Hiremath, Kiru Rangamandira, Kalamandira, 6.30 pm. [Mob: 99646-56482]

Swami Mahipalanandaji speaks on ‘Insights into yoga and energy centres,’ Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

Dance recital by renowned Bharatanatyam artiste Vidwan Dasappa Keshav from Switzerland, Nrityagiri Hall, Srirampura 3rd Stage, 6 pm. [Mob: 94487-70741]

Sri Jayachamaraja (JC) Wadiyar Memorial Day, Karnatak Classical Music Concert based on JC Wadiyar’s Kritis by Vid. Dileep Simha, accompanied by Vid. Keshav Mohan Kumar on violin and Vid. A. Radhesh on mridanga, Rotary West Auditorium, Saraswathipuram, 6 pm. [Mob: 99451-05374 or 94496-22466]