The three-day Kittur Utsav will be inaugurated in Kittur on Monday. Apart from cultural programmes and sports events, it will have lecture sessions in which historians who have worked on the royal house of Kittur will speak.
An all-woman special session will focus on the war of Independence that was fought by Rani Channamma against the British in 1824, three decades before the first war of Independence in 1857.
Cultural programmes will be presented by film music director Hamsalekha and team on Wednesday night. Sanchit Hegde and team will perform on Monday night. Shamita Malnad and team will perform on Tuesday night.