Mortal remains of Vishwesha Teertha Swami laid to rest with state honours
Bengaluru: Mortal remains of Pejavara Mutt Seer Vishwesha Teertha Swami were on Sunday laid to rest in Vidyapeeta in Bengaluru after performing all rituals.
State honours were also given to Vishwesha Teertha Swami in city’s Basavanagudi before his last rites were performed.
Thousands of people bid a tearful adieu to the seer in Bengaluru where his last rites were held.
“The seer’s body was interned in a sitting posture at the mutt’s Vidyapeetha centre in the southern suburb as per his wish, amid chanting of Vedic hymns by scores of priests,” an official told IANS.
Before the last rites were performed, a guard of honour and a 21-gun salute were accorded to the seer at the National College grounds here, where his body was kept for public homage after it was flown in a military helicopter from Udupi, about 400 km west of Bengaluru.
Among those who paid floral tributes to the seer were Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress leader Siddaramaiah, state ministers and other dignitaries.
His mortal remains were kept for the public to pay final tributes in Bengaluru today.
Meanwhile, the state government has announced three-day mourning from December 29-31, following the demise of Pejavara Mutt Seer.