As part of Mahashivarathri festival, special programmes have been organised at Suttur Srikshetra on Feb. 26. At Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogigalavara Kartru Gaddige, special pujas will also be performed at 6 am on Feb. 26 and from 6 pm on Feb. 26 to 6 am on Feb. 27.

On Feb. 26, Shivadeeksha at 7 pm and Silver Chariot procession (Belli Ratha Prakarotsava) at 9.30 pm will be held within the Mutt premises. Special pujas will also be performed at Sri Mahadeshwara, Sri Someshwara,  Sri Veerabhadreshwara, Sri Nanjundeshwara and Sri Narayanaswamy Temples.

At the Gaddige premises, On Feb. 26, events like cultural programmes by JSS Residential School students will be held at 5.30 pm; Devotional songs by Revathi Sharma and troupe, Srirampura, Mysuru, at 8 pm; ‘Shivakatha Sankeerthana’ by S.R. Lakshminarasimhan at 10 pm; On Feb. 27, Lingaraju and troupe will present devotional songs at 1 am; Neelagara Mela by Sri Male Mahadeshwara Kamsale mattu Samskrutika Kala Trust from Byadamudlu village of Chamarajanagar district at 3 am; Bhajans by Sri Basaveshwara Bhajana troupe of Horalavadi at 5 am. Continuous Akhanda Bhajan programmes by various bhajan troupes will be held at Sri Mutt and Gaddige from 6 am on               Feb. 26 to 6 am on Feb. 27. Special Amavasya puja will be held on Feb. 28. The Mutt has, in a press release, appealed devotees and the general public to participate in large numbers.