Karnataka Renewable Energy Development limited: Inauguration of ‘All India Energy Efficiency Capacity Building Programme Phase-2, by KREDL Managing Director B Shivalingaiah, IRGSSA New Delhi Director Bhaskar Natarajan participate, Banquet Hall, Chevron Hotel, INfantry Road, 10.30 am.
National Degree College: Graduation day, Regional Joint Director, Collegiate Education Department T H Eeranna, participates, H N Hall, Basavanagudi, 5.30 pm. Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies: Inauguration of Academic Activities, IGP Sanjay Vir Singh participates, college premises, Soladevanahalli, Hesarghatta Main Road, 10.30 am. Samarpana: Programme in memory of our teachers, cultural competitions, and Guruvandana programme, Padmashree Samooha Samasthe Managing Director C N Ashwath Narayan participates, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Chamarajpet, 5 pm.
CULTURAL
Kannada Sangha: Talk on ‘Media and Social Concerns’ by Bangalore Doordarshan Kendra Director Mahesh Joshi,
St Joseph PU college, Field Marshal K M Cariappa Road, 2nd floor, L block, 2 pm. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat: Inauguration of various artists’ artworks by journalist Gowri Lankesh, Kumara Krupa Road, 5 pm. Pogo: Inter school competition, Funtakshari, Ambedkar Bhavan, Millers Road, 9 am.
Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi: Film festival on Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi Bhavan, Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, KP East, 10.30 am. Arts and Crafts Exposition: Exhibition of handicrafts/handlooms, HemaChandra kalyan mandira, 2nd Block, near Ashoka Pillar, 10 am (ph 9840141358) Rightlines Art Gallery: Exhibition of Abani Sen’s paintings, 270, 1st floor, 1st Main Defence Colony, Indiranagar, 10 am (ph 25272827)
RELIGIOUS
ISKCON: Sri Krishna Janmastami, Abhisheka, Srila Prabhupada Pooja, Jhulan seva, special arti, Hare Krishna Hill, West of Chord Road, 6.30 am Sri Venugopalakrishnaswamy Temple: Nrithyotsava, saxophone by M S Sagar, temple premises, 11th Cross, Malleshwaram,7 pm. Sri Radharukmini Sameetha Sri Venugopalaswami Trust: Krishna Jayanthi celebrations, breaking the pot competitions, prize distribution ceremony, Muthina Pallaki Utsav, in front of temple premises, Devasandra, K R Puram, 4 pm onwards. Sri Narayan Sadhana Bhajana Mandir: Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, bhajans by Bhajan Mandir troupe, 78, 4th Main Road, Chamarajpet, 7 pm. Sri Bhavatarini Ashrama: Discourse on ‘Sri Krishna Bhajana Sudhe’ by Yogeshwaranandaji, 282, 5th Main, 5th Cross, Saraswathinagar, Vijayanagar, 5 pm. Goverdhan Kshetra, Udupi Temple: Gokulashtami celebrations, Sri Sugunendra Sripadaru of Puttige Math, M P Prakash participates, Parapana Agrahara Jail, 4 pm. Meditation and Study Circle: Discourse on Fragrance of Devotion by R K Srinivasamurthy, SSMRV PU College, 26th Main, 4th T Block, Jayanagar, 6.30 pm. St Mary’s Basilica: Novena programme, special mass for the sick, Shivajinagar, 9 am.
Paramaartha Vichaara Sangha Trust: Discourse on Pancha Paadika, by K G Subraya Sharma, Adhyatma Mandira, V V Puram, 7.45 am. St Mary’s JSO Cathedral: St Mary’s feast, 13, Queens Road, 6.30 am.