Tumkuru : Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy declared holiday for schools and colleges today and tomorrow on the passing away of Shivakumara Swamiji of Tumkuru Siddaganga Mutt. Three-day mourning announced in the state of Karnataka. Final rites of Siddaganga Seer will be conducted with full state honours tomorrow at 4.30 PM. The 111-year-old seer had undergone […]

Tumkur: BJP president Amit Shah who is in on state visit today met the Siddaganga Mutt chief, Dr Shivakumara Swami here today. After meeting the seer, Shah said that on meeting Shivakumara Swamiji, he felt as though he had seen God himself. Shah told that he was happy to know the fact that the mutt […]

New Delhi: Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade Dharmadhikari of the Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala is chosen for Padma Vibhushan award, the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India for his exceptional and distinguished service to the nation. From Karnatka T V Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education has been chosen in the trade and […]

Tumkur: When Rajiv Gandhi removed Lingayat leader Veerendra Patil as CM chosen by all other parties and leaders unanimously, about 30 years ago, Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumara Swamiji kept-his distance from Congress studiosly, as it was so sudden. To make up for such a mishap, Rajiv’s wife Sonia Gandhi attended on Saturday at 11 o’Clock […]

Bangalore :   Sonia Gandhi’s two-day visit to Karnataka will start on Friday, during which she will participate in the 105th birthday celebrations of Tumkur Siddaganga Mutt Seer Shivakumara Swamiji and visit a village in Chitradurga district for an on-thespot assessment of the prevailing drought. Sonia will arrive here on Friday night and stay at the […]