Karnataka”s revered Hindu pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt passed away at the state”s coastal Udupi town on Sunday, an official said. He was 88.
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.