Bengaluru Today for March 23

RELIGION

Adhyatma Ramayana: Discourse by Shivarama Agnihotri, Adhyatma Prakasha Karyalaya, APK Road, II Block, Thyagarajanagar, 9.30 a.m.

Srimad Ramayanam – Ayodhyakanda: Discourse by Srirama Vittalacharya and Vishnu Kashyap, Poornaprajna Vidyapeeta Pratishtana, Kattriguppe Main Road, 6.30 p.m.

CULTURE

Art Houz: Inauguration of exhibition of art works and photographs, Kalpana Yuvaraj, Kanakaraj Sambandam and others, 63, Palace Road, Vasanthnagar, 6 p.m.

Srirama Bhakta Sabha: Sri Ramotsava, discourse by Ayanuru Madhusudhanachar; vocal by Vidyabhooshana and party, Sri Eshwara Seva Samiti Samudaya Bhavan, Sampige Road, Malleswaram, 5.30 p.m.

Sri Raghavendra, Anjaneyaswamy Temple: Srirama Navami Sangeetotsava, vocal by Anupama Srimaali and party, temple premises, 8th Cross, West Park Road, 6.45 p.m.

Sphurti Kalavidaru: ‘Theatre festival’, Gamakavachana by Gangamma Keshavamurthy on Pampa Bharata, inauguration of festival by Director of Kannada and Culture K.A. Dayananda, felicitation to writer M.H. Krishnaiah, Kannada play ‘Shabhari’; and ‘Badge Mane’, Udayabhanu Kalasangha Samskrutika Bhavana, Gavipuram, Kempegowdanagar, 6 p.m.

GENERAL

Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat: Launch of golden jubilee celebrations, inauguration by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat Trust chairman S.M. Krishna, release of logo by Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande, inauguration of workshop on sculptures by Minister for Information and Public Relations R. Roshan Baig, parishat premises, Kumara Krupa Road, 4.30 p.m.

Karnataka Media Academy and Karnataka Lekhakhiyara Sangha: Seminar on ‘Media and Women’, inauguration by Transport Minister R. Ramalinga Reddy, introductory remarks by Media Academy chairman M.A.Ponnappa; Bharati Hegde, Naveen Soorinje, Shantha Thammaiah B.K.Sumati, R.Poornima Sumangala S.Mummigatti, Abdul Rahman Pasha and others speak, Vijaya College, Jayanagar IV Block, 10.30 a.m.

Kannada Sahitya Parishat: Presentation of Endowment Awards to Padmavathamma, Susheela Donur and others, Director of Kannada and Culture Department K.A.Dayananda presents, Parishat president Pundaleeka Halambi presides, Parishat premises, Chamarajpet, 5.30 p.m.

Janata Dal (U) Ram Manohara Lohia Yuva Vedike: Seminar in remembrance of Bhagat Singh and Ram Manohar Lohia, inauguration by M.S.Ashadevi, Assistant Lecturer, Maharani Art, Commerce and Management College, party State unit president M.P.Nadagouda presides, Gandhi Bhavan, Shivananda Circle, Kumara Park East, 11 a.m.

Rangamandala Samskrutika Sangha: Interactive session on ‘Cultural awareness and social concern’, L. Hanumantaiah, Chandrashekar Patil, N.S. Shankar, K.C. Gundanna and other participate, Nayana Auditorium, Kannada Bhavan, J.C.Road, 6 p.m.

People’s Union for Civil Liberties: 35th JP Memorial Lecture, former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi speaks on ‘A state of emergency’, St. Joseph’s College, Langford Road, 5 p.m.

Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs and Fair Deal Law Associates: Workshop on ‘Heavenly marriage’, institute premises, Bull Temple Road, Narasimharaja Colony, 6.30 p.m.

Students Federation of India: 84th Martyrs’ Day, rally from Makkalakoota to Jyoti Basu Bhavan, Basavanagudi (11.30 a.m.); introductory remarks by K. Venkatesh, lecture by writer K. Maralusiddappa, Jyoti Basu Bhavan, Opposite BMS Women’s College, Basavanagudi, noon.