Udupi : Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt said on Monday that his efforts to resolve the impasse between the Subrahmanya Mutt and the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple at Subrahmanya village in Dakshina Kannada are continuing. In a release issued here, the Pejawar seer said that he had heard the views of both parties and was […]

Udupi : Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt has said that the Pejawar Mutt Trust will donate ₹10 lakh for Kodagu. The seer said that he could not personally visit the district as he was on his ‘chaturmasya.’ But after his ‘chaturmasya,’ he would visit the area and his trust will actively take part.ade College, […]

Udupi : Leaders of the Muslim community visited Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt on Id-ul-Fitr here on Friday. Last year, the seer had organised a “sneha koota” at a dining hall in the outer precincts of the Sri Krishna Mutt here. But that move generated a lot of controversy. The seer, a couple of […]

Udupi: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt said on Wednesday that he would leave his mutt and serve society from outside if the State government went ahead with its reported move to acquire mutts in the State. President of Siddaganga Mutt Siddalinga Swami has also said it was not correct to bring mutts under the […]

Udupi: P.B. Acharya, Governor of Nagaland, said on Tuesday that strengthening the eight States of North-East India was the need of the hour. He was speaking as the chief guest at a function to felicitate D. Veerendra Heggade on his completing 50 years as Dharmadhakari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala at Rajangana here. The Rashtra Ratna […]

Udupi: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt said on Friday that the Dharma Sansad, to be held here from November 24 to 26, would take important decisions on the construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya and other issues. He was speaking at the Chapra Muhurta for the construction of the stage and other venue-related […]

Udupi: Malavika Avinash, actress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, said on Thursday that it was wrong on the part of the Congress government in the State to not allow the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and people to protest against the Tipu Jayanti celebrations. Addressing presspersons here, Ms. Avinash said that the decision of the […]

Udupi: The 10th annual would be held at Rajangana here from October 22 to 28 under the joint auspices of Sri Krishna Mutt, Sri Veeranjaneya Yakshamitra Mandali, Bangarmakki and Chittani Abhimani Balaga. A press release issued here on Friday said that there would be a Yakshagana performance at 6.30 p.m. at Rajangana during the Saptaha. The […]

Udupi: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt said here on Tuesday that the Lingayat community should remain in the fold of Hindu religion. Addressing presspersons, the seer said that in his opinion though there were two traditions (Lingayat and Veerashaiva) in the Lingayat community, they were not separate. Lingayat and Veerashaiva were branches of […]

Udupi : Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt will undergo surgical procedure for hernia at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on Sunday. Raghuram Acharya, Dewan of Pejawar Mutt, told on Saturday that the seer will leave for the hernia operation after completing the ‘Maha Pooja’ at the Sri Krishna Mutt around 10 a.m. on […]