Mangalore, Nov 21, 2013: Sri Vidya Prasanna Theertha Swamiji of Subrahmanya Mutt inaugurated the ‘Bhadra Saraswathi Theertha Sarovara’ of the famous Sri Anantha Padmanabha Temple at Kudupu on Nov 22, Friday.
Delivering the benedictory speech on the occasion, Swamiji said that worshipping sacred Ganga during bathing will purify the body and mind of a person. Historic temples and lakes will help people to purify the soul and mind of the devotees.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA Moideen Bawa, managing trustee of temple Bhaskar, Karnataka Bank chief general manager Jayaram Hande, temple chief priest Narasimha Tantri, priest Manohar Bhat and Balakrishna Bhat were present.
K Krishna Raj Tantri, Working President of Temple Renovation Committee welcomed the guests and said that the temple is being renovated at a cost of Rs 9 crore. The annual celebrations of the Kudupu Temple will begin from December 3 and the Kiru Shashti Utsav will be on January 6, 2014.
Vasudev Rao Kudupu compered the program.