Pratibha Puraskar for Ganiga community students, releasing of audio and felicitation ceremony, KPCC Working President R. Dhruvanarayan inaugurates, Ganiga Mahasabha President Dr. K. Vijaya Kumar presides, Former Chairman of the Legislative Council V.R. Sudarshan presents Pratibha Puraskar, Chikkammaniketana Community Hall, Udayaravi Road, Kuvempunagar, 10 am.

Sharana Sangama-277, Sri Parashivamurthy Swamiji graces the occasion, lecture on ‘Vachana Sahityadalli Vaidyakeeya Vicharadare’ by Dr. C. Sharath Kumar, President, Sri Basaveshwara Balaga, Jayalakshmipuram and Director, Mediwave IVF & Fertility Research Hospital, Mysuru, H.V. Basavaraju (Hinkal), President, Basava Samiti, presides, Basava Balaga, CA Site-5, 11th Cross, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, 10.30 am.

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

Kannada Calendar release, Prof. Bhashyam Swamiji of Sri Yoaganarasimhaswamy Temple graces the occasion, MLC D. Thimmaiah, MUDA Chairman Yashaswi Somashekar, District Sharana Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Helavarahundi Siddappa, Mysuru Sharana Mandali President U.S. Shekar, Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Maddikere Gopal, City Kannada Sahitya Parishat President K.S. Shivaramu, Shaitya Loka President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna,…

Veena concert by Vidu. L.  Leela, accompanied by Srivatsa K.V. Pallakki on veena and Vid. V.S. Giridhar on mridanga, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mysore K. Vasudevacharya’s house, Agrahara, 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm.

‘Ganamanjari’ music programme marking the New Year celebration, Old Kannada, Hindi and Telugu film songs will be sung by singers Srinath Bharadwaj, Dr. M.D. Srinivas, C. Vishwanath, Hamsini Kumar, Ramachandra, Divya and others, Music Director M.S. Prasanna Kumar will be present, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha,  5 pm.

Dhanurmasa Puja, Discourse on ‘Thiruppavai’ by Vid. M.K. Shelvanarayana, Mandiram premises, Temple Road, V.V. Mohalla, 6 pm to 7.30 pm.

Tirupavai Kalakshepa (discourse) by Vid. Mudumbai Ramanuja Sharma, Sri Krishnamurthypuram Sri Rama Mandira, Kantaraja Urs Road, 6.15 pm to 7.15 pm.

Tirupavai Kalakshepa (discourse) by Dr. N.K. Ramasheshan, Dr. Kamalaraman Mandira, 6.15 pm to 7.30 pm.

Staging of play ‘Bhagavadajjukeeyam arthat Soole Sanyasi’, directed by Jeevan Kumar Heggod, Bhoomigeeta, Rangayana premises, 6.30 pm.