78th International Nirantara Kalemane Festival, Navaratri Special Saraswati Puja Mahotsava and Navaratri Kalemane Kalashree Award presentation; H.R. Shetty, Founder and Director of Halluru Hanumanthappa Charitable Trust and a noted social worker and Dr. V. Ranganath, columnist for the Mysuru Mithra Kannada Daily and retired Tahsildar, chief guests; Conferring of ‘Navaratri Kalemane Kalashree Award-2026’ on Guru Bhavana Uday Kanthy (Bharatanatyam) and Guru Seema Krishnan (Kathak); Dance performances include Bharatanatyam by the disciples of Karnataka Kalashree Dr. K. Kumar, Founder and Director, KPAC, Mysuru; Bharatanatyam by the disciples of Guru Bhavana Uday Kanthi, Artistic Director, Samanvaya Dance Academy, Bengaluru; Kathak by Guru Seema Krishnan and her disciples, Artistic Director, Krishnam Performing Arts Academy, Bengaluru; Bharatanatyam by the disciples of Guru Natyacharya Mithun Shyam, Artistic Director, Vaishnavi Natyashala, Bengaluru; Bharatanatyam by Dhanyashree, daughter and disciple of Guru Vidushi Bhavana Shankar, Artistic Director, Sadhana Dance Centre, Bengaluru, Kalemane Sabhaangana, Hebbal, 3 pm.