Mysuru: “Pejawar Mutt Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji was a great soul who lived a life of conflicts between tradition and rationality,” opined Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji. He was speaking at ‘Pejawar Sri – Bhava Pushpanjali’ programme where several religious institutions and organisations had come together to pay homage to the late Pejawar…
Mysuru: City Hotel Owners’ Association had organised a programme at its premises in Krishnamurthypuram here on Tuesday to pay tributes to Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji who passed away recently. Floral tributes were paid to the portrait of the Swamiji. Speaking on the occasion, Association President C. Narayana Gowda praised the Swamiji as a…
By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity This happened during the second tenure of Paryaya of late Pejawar Swamiji in Udupi in 1968-70. A little interesting background to the occasion. I was serving as District Publicity Officer of South Canara since mid-1964. That was the time when Indira Gandhi as Prime…
Mysuru: With the entire country mourning the demise of Pejawar Mutt Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji, residents of Manjunathapura, which is a part of Gokulam, recalled that the Seer had visited their Colony twice. Manjunathapura’s Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy Cultural Trust member Ravi said that Manjunathapura, which is dominated by Dalit colonies, became well-known only after…
Mysuru: Pejawar Mutt Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji, who passed away yesterday, had brought about social harmony in the city by building a bridge between communities, overcoming challenges. The story goes back to a decade ago when the Seer visited the city for his annual Chaturmasya in 2009. Even as he was engaged in Chaturmasya…
Mysuru: Mourning the death of Pejawar Mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji, the inmates of ‘Pejawar Sridhama’ an old- age home at J.P. Nagar in the city, offered floral tributes to the portrait of the Seer on Sunday. The ‘Pejawar Sridhama’, a care home for the aged, was set up in 2009. It now has…
Mysuru: As soon as the death of Pejawar Mutt Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji was announced yesterday morning, the Pejawar Mutt hostel in the city slipped into stoic silence, with tears rolling down the eyes of the inmates. The hostel is located near Vittala Dhama close to Gobbalimara in J.P.Nagar and more than 50 students…
State Government declares three-day mourning; body airlifted to Bengaluru Seer will be laid to rest at Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha in Bengaluru as per his wishes Udupi / Bengaluru: Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji, the revered and outspoken Seer of Udupi’s Pejawar Mutt, passed away this morning. He was 88. The Seer was admitted to the Kasturba Hospital…
Udupi: Tributes and condolences poured in from all corners of Karnataka and other parts of the country after news of the death of 88-year-old Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter condoled the Seer’s death and called him a powerhouse of service and spirituality, said, “I consider myself blessed to have got many…
Udupi: Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji embraced appreciation and criticism showered on him and had said difference of opinion sparked debate on various issues. As Paryaya Swamiji, he has divided opinion for his plain-spoken remarks. The first flashpoint in his final term as the Paryaya Swamiji occurred in the fall out of the ‘Chalo Udupi’ protest…
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