Mysore/Mysuru: Prashanthi Sansthan will host a dance festival called ‘Prapatthi’ at Ganabharathi’s Ramagovinda Kalavedike here on Aug. 11 at 5 pm.

The organisation has branches in Mysuru and Bengaluru and offers online classes too. Harshini Purushothama has been conducting Bharatanatyam classes for 11 years now.

Guru Vid. K. Sandesh Bhargav, a Bharatanatyam exponent and Vice-President, Global Solution and Transformation at Li & Fung, will inaugurate the event. Dr. Deepak Bhat, a Sanskrit scholar and Professor in Sanskrit at Yuvaraja’s College, Mysuru, will be the chief guest.

Dr. Jyothi Shankar, a scholar in Kannada Literature and Professor in Kannada at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, will preside.

About 30 students of Prashanthi Sansthan (disciples of Harshini Purushothama) will present Bharatanatyam recital for one-and-a-half-hour.