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Paryaya ritual:‘Kattige Muhurta' held in Udupi
Udupi: As a prelude to the first Paryaya of Sri Vedaradhanathirtha Sripada, the head of the Shiroor Mutt in the lineage of Jagadguru Srimad Madhvacharya, the 'Kattige Muhurta' ceremony was conducted on Sunday in the surroundings of the Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt.
Under the leadership of Udayakumar Saralathaya, the diwan of Shiroor Mutt, and the priest Giriraja Upadhyaya, prayers commenced of Shiroor Mutt's deities, Sri Vittala, Sri Chandreshwara, Sri Ananteshwara, and Shri Krishna Mukhyaprana. Subsequently, wood was brought in a procession from the mutt's Kalasanka Lakshmi Garden using ox carts, hand carts, and carried by devotees. Later, at a designated spot in the northeast part of Madhva Sarovara, rituals and prayers were conducted to initiate the construction of the wooden chariot.
Shri Vedavardhana Thirtha Sripada of Shiroor Mutt inaugurated the Paryaya reception committee office. Present at the event were Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna, Byndoor MLA Gururaj Gantihole, former MLA Raghupati Bhat and Udupi City Municipality Council president Prabhakar Poojari.
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade was appointed as the honorary president of the Paryaya reception committee, with Udupi MLA Yashpal Suvarna as president and Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple's priest Gopalakrishna Asranna, MP Tejasvi Surya, Ranjan Pai, and Mattaru Ratnakar Hegde as the executive presidents.
