RELIGION
Selva Vinayagar Temple: Ashtami puja, Railway Colony, 5 p.m.
Panniru Tirumurai Mandram: Tiruvasagam festival; Tiruvasagam recital, 6.30 p.m.; discourse by T. Murugasamy, Tiruvalluvar Kazhagam, North Adi Street, Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, 7 p.m.
Kuttiah Swamigal Mutt: Discourse on ‘Kambaramayanam’ by Tiruchi K. Kalyanaraman, 165 South Veli Street, 6.30 p.m.
Ramakrishna Mutt: Bhajan and aarathi, New Natham Road, 6.30 p.m.
Ramana Kendram: Ramana Maharishi devotional songs and meditation, 2/11 Chokkappa Naicker Street, 7 p.m.
Gita Bhavanam: Krishna Jayanthi celebration; discourse on ‘Sri Krishnanubhavam’ by Jagannatha Parangusadasan, 3 Kamarajar Salai, 6.30 p.m.
Ramakrishna Samajam: Krishna Jayanthi; mantra japam, 8.45 a.m. and 5.45 p.m.; special puja, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.; bhajan, 9.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.; discourse by Kamalatmananda, 10.30 a.m.; divyanama sankirtan, 11.15 a.m.; Sri Krishna yagnam, 6.15 p.m.; discourse by D.K. Soundararajan, Pankajam Colony, Kamarajar Salai, 7 p.m.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness: Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebration, 12/37 Maninagaram Main Road, 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.
Krishna Balaram Temple: Sri Krishna Janmashtami; special abishekam, 7 a.m.; discourse, 8.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.; Krishna kirtan, 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.; cultural programme, 1.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.; aarathi, 6 p.m.; mahabishekam, 10.30 p.m.; maha aarathi, New Natham Road, Tiruppalai, 12 midnight.
Hindu Temple Protection Committee: Krishna Jayanthi celebration, 25/20 Sambandamoorthy Street, 5 p.m.
CULTURE
International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Yoga and meditation classes; 444 KK Nagar East Ninth Street, 6 a.m., 6.30 p.m., and 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. (for women).
Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya: Free rajayoga meditation classes; 36 Meenakshi Nagar, P and T Nagar; 40 Sambandamoorthy Street; 47 B CMR Road and 357 Anna Nagar, 6.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.
Tiruvalluvar Mandram: Talk on ‘Tirukkural’ by P. Balakrishnan, Sakthi Velammal Nagar, S.S. Colony, 5.30 p.m.
Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship: Christian book festival, 7 Lady Doak College, 10 a.m.
Uttar Pradesh Handicrafts, Handloom Artisans’ Association: Craft festival, Vijay Mahal, K.K. Nagar, 10 a.m.
GENERAL
Annai Fathima College of Arts and Science: Contact science motivation programme; talk on ‘Current research in Nanochemistry’ by R. Saraswathi, Chairperson, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, 11.30 a.m.; on ‘Biosensors and bioelectrodes’ by C. Sekar, Head, Department of Biosensors and Bioelectrodes, Alagappa University, 2 p.m.; science quiz, Alampatti, 3 p.m.
United Trade Fairs India: K. Veera Raghava Rao, Collector, inaugurates Agritech 2016, agriculture expo, Tamukkam Ground, 10.30 a.m.
Vidiyal: ‘Discover Madurai’ programme, 7 a.m.
Voice Trust: Distribution of free spectacles, Noor Mohammad addresses, Community Hall, Ambedkar Nagar, 2 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Meeting, Rosary Church, Town Hall Road, 7 p.m.
