Pramoda Devi Wadiyar lighting the lamp to inaugurate the third edition of Mysuru Literature Festival (MLF), organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum and Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs (2015), at Hotel Southern Star in city this afternoon as (from left) Trust Vice-Chairman Sam Cherian, Chairperson Shubha Sanjay Urs and DC Abhiram G. Sankar look on. Picture right shows former VCs Prof. K.C. Belliappa and Prof. B. Sheik Ali, MRC Secretary K.G. Anantharaj Urs, senior journalist Gouri Satya among the audience.

There are 26 authors in English and 14 in Kannada participating in the two-day Festival which will conclude tomorrow at 3 pm.