Swami Vipranandaji speaks on ‘The essence of the Upanishads,’ Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.

107th Ramanavami Annual Heritage Music Festival, vocal duet by Vid. Pattabhiram Pandit, Vid. Mathur Srinidhi on violin, Vid. H.S. Sudheendra on mridanga, Vid. Raghunandan Rao on ghata, Mandira premises, Devaraja Mohalla, 6.15 pm.

70th Ramotsava, instrumental music ensemble — Raghavendra Sringeri, Bengaluru – flute, Nagapoojita, Bengaluru – flute, K.V. Shreyas, Bengaluru – flute, Srivatsa Kashyap, Bengaluru – mandolin, G.V. Sriharsha, Bengaluru – violin, Aniruddha Vasudev, Bengaluru – mridanga, Nataraj Sringeri, Bengaluru – ghata, Sri Avani Shankara Mutt, Vidyaranyapuram, 6.30 pm.

Staging of Anton Chekhov’s play ‘Cherry Thota’ under the direction of NDS graduate Yashaswini Rao, translation by Venkatesh Prasad and design by Arun Murthy, Natana premises, Ramakrishnanagar, 6.30 pm.

70th Ramotsava, devaranama by Vidu. Shubha Raghavendra, Mysuru and troupe, Sri Avani Shankara Mutt, 4th Main Road, 9th Cross Road, Vidyaranyapuram, 6.30 pm.

107th Ramanavami Annual Heritage Music Festival, Karnatak vocal concert by Vidu. Manasi Prasad, accompanied by Vidu. Aditi Krishnaprakash on violin, Vid. G.S. Ramanujam on mridanga and Vid. V.S. Ramesh on ghata, Mandira premises, Devaraja Mohalla, 6.15 pm.

133rd anniversary of Sri Ramothsava celebrations, ‘Sangeethotsava – 2023,’ discourse on ‘Ramayana’ by K. Ramachandra, retd. Engineer, Rama Mandira, 5 pm to 6 pm; Vocal Duet by Vid. Prasanna Venkatraman and Vid. Rithvik Raja, accompanied by Vid. H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Vid. Delhi Sairam on mridanga and Vid. B. Rajashekar on morching,Alamma’s Choultry, near Moole…

Discourse on ‘Padma Purana’ by Pandit Aniruddhacharya Pandurangi, Sri Raghavendraswamy Mutt premises, Jayalakshmipuram, 5 pm.

Book release — ‘God Father-1’ a Kannada translation of Mario Puzo’s work by Dr. Nesara Kadanakuppe, Associate Professor, Nitte Institute of Communication, Nitte University — by wildlife photographers duo Krupakar-Senani, journalist K. Narasimhamurthy speaks about the book, retd. Professor Dr. Ragow presides, Karnataka State Higher Education Council Member Prof. N. Usharani chief guest, writer Dr….

Krishna Rao Prakash delivers discourse on ‘Patanjali Yoga Sootragalu – Samadhi Paada,’ Yajnashale, Datta Sannidhi, Chinmaya Mission, Gokulam, 6 pm.