Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration and the Department of Kannada and Culture has organised a function to celebrate Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti in city tomorrow (Feb. 19).

The function will be held at Kalamandira on Hunsur Road at 11.30 am which will be inaugurated by District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Animal Husbandry Minister K. Venkatesh and Jungle Lodges and Resorts Chairman C. Anil Kumar. MLA K. Harish Gowda will preside.

Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, Chamarajanagar MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, MLAs Tanveer Sait, G.T. Devegowda, D. Ravishankar, G.D. Harish Gowda, Darshan Dhruvanarayan  and T.S. Srivatsa, MLCs Marithibbegowda, A.H. Vishwanath, Dr. D. Thimmaiah, C.N. Manjegowda and Madhu G. Madegowda will be the chief guests.

Senior littérateur and renowned orator Dr. Pradeep Kumar Hebri will be the main speaker, according to a press release from the Assistant Director of the Kannada and Culture Department.