Releasing of ‘Gopala’ annual magazine by Journalist C.K. Mahendra, Maharaja Education Trust Vice-President Dr. G. Hemanth Kumar presides, School premises, Lakshmipuram, 11.30 am.    

Shopping Festival-2017, Scouts & Guides Ground, behind DC’s Office, 10.30 am to 9.30 pm.  

Chaturmasya Vrata Deeksha by Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, Junior Pontiff of Avadhoota Datta Peetha, Discourse on Yoga Vashista by Sri Swamiji, 7.30 am; Srichakra Puja, Maha Ganapathy Homa etc., Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Ooty Road, 8.30 am.  

Staging of Kotigaanahalli Ramaiah’s play ‘Nanna Ambedkar,’ Gotami Foundation President Bodhidatta Bhanteji graces the occasion, Rangayana Director Bhagirathi Bai, writer Prof. Kalegowda Nagawara, playwright Kotigaanahalli Ramaiah, State Resource Centre Director Dr. S. Tukaram, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Study Centre Director Dr. S. Narendra Kumar, Kannada & Culture Asst. Director H. Chennappa and Gotami Foundation Secretary N….

Gowri-Ganesha Festival and Sri 101 Ganapati Installation’s 63rd annual celebrations, Devaranama by Sri Vaishnavi Mahila Sangha, 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm; Sugama Sangeetha by Choodamani and troupe, Temple premises, Tyagaraja Road, K.R. Mohalla, 7 pm.  

Ganesha Festival, 56th Heritage Music Festival, Gamaka Vachana programme on ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata,’ 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm; Vocal recital by Vid. Dr. Pantula Rama, accompanied by Vid. Mutnery Srinivas Narasimha Murthy on Violin, Vid. Tumkur B. Ravishankar on Mridanga and Vid. Vyasa Vittala on Khanjeera, 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, 6.45 pm onwards.  

Rashtrakavi Kuvempu’s ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam-50’ Jnanapeeth Award Golden Jubilee celebrations, senior scholar Dr. C.P. Krishna Kumar inaugurates, talk by Dr. H.M. Kalashri of Maharani Arts College, Kannada Sahitya Parishat Mysuru President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna presides, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat premises, Palace premises, 5 pm.  

38th Chaturmasya Vratam of Sri Bhandarakeri Mutt Pontiff Sri Vidyesha Teertha Swamiji, ‘Harinama Sankeerthana’ by Bhajana Mandali, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm; Discourse, Sri Venkatachaladhama, Ramaswamy Circle, 6 pm to 8 pm.  

Sri Mahavidyaganapti Mahotsava, Mahamangalarati and immersion of Ganesha idol, Prarthana Mandira, 1 pm.