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

Basava Jayanti celebrations, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lay the foundation stone for the statue of Basavanna in the premises of new DC’s Office, Siddarthanagar; CM formally inaugurates Basava Jayanti celebrations by garlanding the statue of Basaveshwara at Gun House Circle, 9.30 am; Siddaramaiah inaugurates Basava Jayanti stage programme and Basava Rashtriya Puraskara Presentation Ceremony, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar releases a souvenir in the presence of Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, 10.30 am; Seminars and books release, Kundur Mutt’s Sri Sharatchandra Swamiji releases ‘Basava Vachana Chintana’, ‘Anudina Vachana’ and ‘Prakashakaru’ books, 2 pm; Valedictory, 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.