Mangaluru : Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, who will ascend ‘Sarvajna Peetha’ for the fifth time during this paryaya, will be accorded with a civic reception at the town hall here on January 3, according to S. Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, general secretary, Udupi Paryaya Samiti.

Addressing the media here on Friday, he said that Mayor Jacintha Vijaya Alfred would preside over the function. Vishwa Prasanna Tirtha, the junior seer of the mutt, would be present.

The two seers would be brought to the town hall from Sharavu Mahaganapathi temple at 4 p.m. Cultural programmes would begin at the Town Hall from 3.30 p.m. There would be a music programme and a dance performance too.

Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada B. Ramanath Rai, Minister in-charge of Udupi, Vinay Kumar Sorake, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader, Minister of State for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries K. Abhayachandra Jain, Oscar Fernandes, MP, J.R. Lobo, B.A. Mohiuddin Bava, MLAs, and Ganesh Karnik and Ivan D’Souza, MLCs, would be present.

A local reception committee has been formed which included N Vinay Hegde, Chancellor of Nitte University.