Moodbidre : A special commemorative postal cover will be released on the inaugural day of the three-day musical festival Alvas Virasat on Alva’s College campus at Puthige in Moodbidri on Friday.

Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Chairman of Alvas Education Foundation Mohan Alva said that the special postal cover was being brought out by India Post. It will be released during the inauguration programme that will be presided over by Chairman of Nitte Group of Institutions N. Vinay Hegde.

Mr. Alva said that all the programmes of Virasat will be held on a big 150 foot x 60 foot stage. Seating arrangements are being made for 50,000 people to watch the programmes that will be held between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Free bus facility will be available between Moodbidri Market and the venue. Parking arrangements have also been made, he said.

On Friday, the Virasat will begin with a colourful procession at 5.15 p.m. The inaugural function will start at 5.30 p.m. Singer Hariharan will receive the Alvas Virasat 2019 Award.

The first programme of the Virasat will be a musical evening by Hariharan and Leslie Levis at 7 p.m. This will be followed by a dance performance by students Alvas Education Foundation at 9.15 p.m.

On Saturday, the programme will begin with “Gana Taranga” by Sukwinder Singh and group from Mumbai at 6 p.m. On the last day (Sunday), the programme will begin at 5.45 p.m. Artist Suryaprakash from Hyderabad will be presented the Alvas Varna Virasat Award. Singer Shankar Mahadevan and group will present “Chitra Rasasanje” at 6 p.m. This will be followed by Parampara group’s “Colours of Bharatnatyam” presentation at 8.10 p.m.. It will end with a dance performance by Alvas students at 9.05 p.m.