Tumakuru: The 36-year-old Manoj Kumar was anointed as the successor of Siddaganga Mutt, Tumakuru, on the occasion of Basava Jayanti yesterday. He was renamed as Sri Shivasiddeshwara Swamiji. After performing special puja to Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji Gadduge, the present pontiff of Siddaganga Mutt Sri Siddalinga Swamiji received the new pontiff as Vatu after performing…
Mid-day meal scheme to be named after Dr. Shivakumara Swamiji: CM
April 1, 2022Ahead of 2023 polls, VVIPs including Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi land at Siddaganga Mutt Tumakuru: The mid-day meal scheme of the Karnataka Government for school children will be named after late Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, who started the concept of mid-day meal for poor children in institutions run by the Siddaganga Mutt of Tumakuru. Chief…
Ahead of 2023 polls, VVIPs land at Siddaganga Mutt
April 1, 2022Amit Shah attends grand ‘Guru Vandana’ event marking 115th birth anniversary of late Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji at Tumakuru Congress top leaders Rahul Gandhi, D.K. Shivakumar and Siddharamaiah paid their respects to the late Seer yesterday Tumakuru: Top leaders of political parties dashing to religious Mutts and meeting Seers are most common during election campaigning…
Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah on two-day Karnataka tour
March 30, 2022Both leaders to visit Siddaganga Mutt separately on Mar. 31 and Apr.1 Tumakuru: With the State Assembly polls less than a year away, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be visiting the politically influential Siddaganga Mutt, as part of the 115th birth anniversary celebrations of the Mutt’s late Seer…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Tumakuru Siddaganga Mutt
January 2, 2020Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Yelahanka Airbase in Bengaluru this afternoon for a two-day visit to the State. He left forTumakuru in a chopper to visit the Siddaganga Mutt. Modi will attend an event in Junior College Grounds, Tumakuru and address a gathering at the Krishi Karman Awards presentation ceremony. In Bengaluru, Modi…
Sri Shivakumara Swamiji laid to rest at Siddaganga Mutt
January 23, 2019Tumakuru: Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, popularly known as ‘Nadedaduva Devaru’ or the ‘Walking God,’ was laid to rest at Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru with full State honours last evening. The Pontiff passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness. During the funeral procession, lakhs of devotees and delegates, including Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) and former…
Sea of humanity pays last respects to Siddaganga Seer
January 22, 2019More than eight lakh devotees pay last respects; numbers to touch 11 lakh by evening Tumakuru shut but people join hands to serve free food to visitors Tumakuru: Despite chilling weather, lakhs of devotees thronged Sri Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru the entire night yesterday to pay their last respects to the late pontiff Dr. Sri…
Siddalinga Sway to hold the baton of power at Siddaganga Mutt
January 22, 2019Tumakuru: Following the demise of Dr. Shivakumara Swamiji, chief seer of the 500-year-old Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru, the baton of power at the Mutt will now pass on to his junior Siddalinga Swamy. Shivakumara Swamiji presided over the mutt since 1941. But in 2011, he relinquished day-to-day responsibilities of the Mutt and the Siddaganga Educational…
Dr. Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga Mutt turns 110
April 1, 2017Devotees seek Bharat Ratna to the ‘Walking God’ There was joy and smile among the devotees of Siddaganga Mutt as its senior Pontiff Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, who is considered as the ‘Walking God’ among his followers, turned 110 years old today. The devotees have also been seeking the Union Government to confer ‘Bharat Ratna,’…
‘Shobhayatra’ accorded Poornakumbha welcome in city
March 11, 2017The ‘Shobhayatra,’ organised to mark the 110th birthday celebrations of Siddaganga Mutt Seer Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, arrived in Mysuru yesterday. The Shobhayatra was accorded a grand traditional Poornakumbha welcome by Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha, Federation of Basava Balaga and Sharana Sahitya Parishat at the Suttur Mutt premises here. Speaking on the occasion, Prof….
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