Santa Sri Kanakadasa’s 536th Jayantyotsava celebrations, procession and stage programme, Samiti President and former MLA M.K. Somashekar presides, Kaginele Kanaka Gurupeetha Shakha Mutt, Siddarthanagar, 5 pm.

Discourse on ‘Upanishad’ by Vid. Sri Kheda Vedavyasachar, Mutt premises, Jayalakshmipuram,  5 pm to 6.30 pm.

Valmiki Jayanti and felicitation ceremony, Akashvani Programme Manager Divakar Hegde felicitates Rajyotsava awardee Dr. Kabbinale Vasantha Bharadwaj, Vijaya Vittala PU College Principal H. Satyaprasad presides, Akhila Bharata Sahitya Parishat Srigandha Zone Head Dr. V. Ranganath will be present; Special lecture on ‘Sri Krishna’ by Dr. Kabbinale Vasantha Bharadwaj and lecture on ‘Valmiki’ by Akhila Bharata…

‘Aralu Pratibhe’ – ‘Pratibhankura’ new music series – ‘Shyamakrishna Vaibhava’ (Shyama Shastri’s compositions), vocal by Sabhyata Gopal and Mahima Kashyap, violin by Prerana and mridanga by R. Bhuvan, 4.30 pm; Chintana ‘Aswadadinda Anandadedege’ by Dr. Nalini Chandar, ‘Srinivasa,’ B-3-HIG, Kuvempunagar, 5.30 pm.

Dasara Exhibition, Doddakere Maidan, 3 pm to 9 pm.

Three shows, Horse Park grounds, behind Mysuru Zoo, 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.

Felicitation to Mysore University Honorary Doctorate recipient K.B. Ganapathy, Founder-Editor of  Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra and Kannada Rajyotsava Awardee Javarappa, a senior Newspaper Distributor; CM’s Media Advisor K.V. Prabhakar will felicitate the awardees, Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda, Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) President Shivananda Tagadur, Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) President S.T….

Book release — Late P. Mallesh’s book ‘Buddha Nagarjunara Shoonyayaana’ — by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, journalist G.P. Basavaraju speaks about the book, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Nrupathunga Kannada Vikasa Vidya Samsthe Chairman Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, Savitha P. Mallesh, Bhakta Ramegowda, MLC D. Thimmaiah, Ugranarasimhegowda and Abhiruchi Ganesh will be present, RamaGovinda Rangamandira, Ramakrishnanagar, 10.30…

Talk on ‘Kannada Linguistic State and Linguistic Hegemony’ by retd. Professor in English Prof. Shakira Jabeen, Kalpa Kshetra Auditorium, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, 10.30 am.   [Mob: 94498-19536]

Centenary year celebrations, Medical Exhibition, Library Hall building, ground floor of MMC&RI, Irwin Road, 10 am to 5 pm. [Entry is free]