Events today - April 20: Basava Balagagala Okkuta, Mysuru, Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha and Veerashaiva Lingayat Associations & Organisations

Valedictory of 2-day Basava Jayanti celebrations, State BJP Chief B.Y. Vijayendra delivers the valedictory address, Siddaganga Mutt Junior Pontiff Sri Shivasiddeshwara Swamiji releases the book ‘Sharana Tatvada Haadiyalli’, while Devanur Mutt’s Mahanta Swamiji releases ‘Basava Kaivalya Deepike,’ Akhila Bharata Sharana Sahitya Parishat State President and former IAS Officer Dr. C. Somashekar and Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva-Lingayat Mahasabha State President and former IPS Officer Shankar Bidari chief guests, Felicitation to Padma Shri awardee Dr. S.J. Susheelamma, Mysuru Regional Commissioner Nitesh Patil, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, Additional DC Dr. P. Shivaraju, Kodagu Additional DC Aishwarya, Karnataka Union of Working Journalists President Shivanand Tagadur, sculptor Arun Yogiraj, farmer leader Kurubur Shantakumar, Sparsha Hospital head Dr. Sharan Patil, academician N. Sachidanandamurthy and Chinnaswamy Vaddagere, Kalamandira, 5 pm.