Udupi : Sri Lakshmivaratheertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt visited the  newly constructed  building of the Jamia Masjid in the town on August 8, Wednesday and had a look at the new building. The seer also appreciated the architectural splendor of the building which is set to be inaugurated on August 10, Friday.

In his interaction with the masjid authorities and office bearers  the seer stressed the need for mutual understanding and harmonized relationship between people of different faiths.

A Kannada version of Quran was handed over to the seer on the occasion by Budan Basha, president of the mosque committee.  Haji Qamaruddin, secretary of the masjid committee, V S Umar, treasurer, Ibrahim Kaup, Karamath Ali, Mohammad Maula, Kallianpur Ghaffoor and others were present on the occasion.