Pejawar Mutt seer : CM should clarify reluctance to visit Udupi temple

Udupi: Pejawar Mutt seer Vishweshateertha Swami has yet again extended an invitation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to visit the Krishna Mutt along with President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday.

The reluctance of the chief minister to visit the temple should be clarified by Siddaramaiah himself, said the seer speaking to reporters here on Thursday. This time round too though Siddaramaiah has not rejected the invitation, his secretary said the chief minister would not accompany the President.

During his early political career, Siddaramaiah had visited the seer in Mysuru and had also sought his blessings prior to joining the Congress. However after becoming chief minister, he has not visited the temple or the seer.

The seer said the chief minister had no reason to be disappointed over the issue of Kanaka Gopura as Kanakadasa was offered a very sacred position in all activities of the temple. The Adamaru seer recently got a Kanaka Gopura built and dedicated it to Kanakadasa. Kanaka Jayanti is celebrated religiously in the temple, the pontiff said.

Meanwhile, the chief minister’s wife had sent offerings to the temple through a representative and had conveyed that the couple would visit the temple soon. Siddaramaiah has only been saying he will visit the temple some day, but has not done so, the seer added.