‘Pura Pravesha’ of Palimar Math Swamiji to be held on January 3
Udupi: The “Pura Pravesha” programme of Sri Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji of Palimar Math will be held here on January 3, 2018. Sri Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Math will be ascending the ‘Paryaya peeta’ for the second time on January 18.
Speaking at a press meet held at the Palimar Math Balaji Raghavendra Acharya working president of the reception committee said that the pravesha is a customary entry into the city by the Swamiji ascending the Paryaya Peeta after going on a pre-Paryaya tour to pilgrimage centres and other religious places. The “Pura Pravesha” procession will start at Jodukatte at 3.45 p.m. The procession will reach Car Street at 6.30 p.m. and Sri Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji of Palimar Math will enter the Palimar Math at 7:35 pm.
A felicitation ceremony will be held to felicitate Sri Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji at Car Street at 7:00 pm. The Swamiji will be felicitated by the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC), Paryaya Reception Committee and other organisations.
Various folk art teams will mark Swamiji’s Pura Pravesha ceremony. The ‘Hore Kanike’ procession will be held every day in the evening from January 4. The “Hore Kanike” (offerings to the next Paryaya Math) from different places of the district and neighbouring districts would pour in from January 4 to 16, he added.
A civic felicitation for Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of Paryaya Pejawar Math would be held at Car Street at 7.00 p.m. Udupi district minister in-charge Pramod Madhwaraj, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje, Kaup MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake, President of Udupi CMC Meenakshi Madhava, Dr D. Veerendra Hegde of Dharmasthala, Eshwar Prasad Nambudari of Badarinath, Dr. Mohan Alva of Alvas Education Trust Moodbidri, Dr G Shanker of Shamili Trust will participate in the felicitation programme. Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swamiji of Paryaya Pejawar Math will preside over the civic reception function. Vishwa Prasanna Tirtha, junior Swamiji of Pejawar Math, will grace the occasion. Cultural programmes would be held at Car Street from January 4 to January 17.
The Paryaya festival will be held on January 18. The Paryaya procession will begin from Jodu Katte at 2:30 a.m. Sri Vidyadeesha Theertha Swamiji of Palimar Math will ascend the Paryaya Peeta The Paryaya Darbar programme will be held at Rajangana.
Sridhar Bhat president of the reception committee, Padmanabha Bhat, Matti Laxminarayana Rao, Secretaries, Ramesh Rao Beedu Treasurer, Vishnu Padigar and Vishnu Acharya joint secretaries were present in the press meet.
