Udupi: Swami Vishveshateerta of Pejavar Inaugurates Refurbished Façade at Kaniyoor Mutt

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 24 May 2013: Swami Vishveshateerta of Pejavar mutt inaugurated the refurbished façade at a cost of Rs 45 lac at Kaniyoor mutt, here on Thursday May 23.

Speaking on the occasion Swami Vishveshateerta said that the refurbished facade dedicated to temple deity Lord Narasimha indeed has maintained its originality that convey his birth between the adored pillars, said Swami Vishveshateerta.
Swami Vishwavallabateerta of Sodhe Vadiraj mutt presided the function.

 

Swami Vishveshateerta conferred the first ever Vidhyasamudrateerta Award that was instituted by Kaniyoor Swami in memory of his Guru, to veteran scholar Bannanje Govind Acharya at the occasion.  Narasimhanugraha Award to Raghavendra Rao, chairman of Mangalore based Srinivas Group of Colleges.

Udupi MLA Pramod Madwaraj, Puttur MLA Shakuntala Shetty, the former religious endowment minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, the former MLA K Raghupati Bhat were present at the dais.

Raghavendra Acharya welcomed the gathering.  Jalanchar Raghupati Tantri compered the programme.