Birth anniversary of Padma Shri Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. R. Sathyanarayana, May 9 to be declared as ‘Indian Musicology Day,’ music and dance festival, Music Concert on compositions of Dr. R. Sathyanarayana and renowned veena maestro Dr. R. Visweswaran by Kanchana Sisters — Vidu. Kanchana S. Shriranjani and Vidu. Kanchana S. Shruthiranjani — accompanied by Vid. Mohan Kumar Keshav on violin, Vid. K.U. Jayachandra on mridanga and Vid. S. Manjunath on ghata, 6 pm; Titular head of Mysore Royal Family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, MLA S.A. Ramdas and Hampi Kannada University Vice-Chancellor Dr. S.C. Ramesh will attend the stage programme, Dr. R. Visweswaran presides; Conferring of ‘Shastrasoori Award’ on Dr. Vijayshankar Shukla, Director, IGNCA, Varanasi and ‘Samsmarana Award’ on Vasantha Madhavi (Karnatak Music), Dr. Lalitha Srinivasan (Bharatanatyam), Dr. Srikantam Nagendra Shastry (Musicology) and Dr. S.R. Narasimhamurthy (Agama-Srividye); Natyaguru Jyoti Pattabhiram, Dr. Radhika Nandakumar, Mohan Deshraj Urs, Mirle Karthik and Dr. G. Rangaraj will be present; book on Indian Music ‘Objectivities and Subjectivities in Music’ authored by Dr. R. Visweswaran and ‘Gondalagala Gudu’ authored by Dr. G. Rangaraj will be released (Dr. Rangaraj is a well-know teacher of Economics in Bengaluru and retired as a senior officer in Gun And Carriage Factory of Indian Railways), Sri Vasudevacharya Bhavana, JLB Road, 7 pm.