Vidya Rajeshwara Theertha, The 31st seer of Palimaru Mutt

May 13: The ‘Pattabhisheka’ ceremony of the junior seer of Palimaru Mutt was held at ‘Sarvajna Peetha’ of Sri Krishna Mutt at 12.20 pm on Sunday. The ‘Sanyasashrama Sweekar’ (initiation to monastic order) of 20-year-old Shailesh Upadhyaya, whom Vidyadheesha Theertha Swami of Paryaya Palimaru Mutt had chosen as his successor, was held on May 10. Various rituals were held as a part of the ‘Sanyasashrama Sweekara’, including ‘Vayusthuti Purascharana Homa’, at the Sri Krishna Mutt in Udupi on May 11, Saturday.
The Pattabhisheka Mahotsava was attended by Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Theertha, Krishnapura Mutt seer Vidyasagara Theertha, Adamaru Mutt seer Vishwapriya Theertha, Pejawar junior seer Vishwaprasanna Theertha, Kaniyooru seer Vidyavallabha Theertha, Subrahmanya Mutt seer Vidyaparasanna Theertha, Sode Mutt seer Vishwavallabha Theertha, Bheemanakatte Mutt seer Raghuvarendra Theertha and Adamaru Mutt junior seer Eshapriya Theertha, who blessed the newly inducted seer. Earlier, Paryaya Palimaru seer and the newly appointed seer offered ‘Danda Pranama’ before Ashta Mutt seers and sought permission to carry out ‘Pattabhisheka’. Amid the chanting of Veda and Mantra, Paryaya Palimaru seer placed the idols of Rama, Vedavyasa, Krishna along with Tatvakalasha of Shaligram and Vishwambhara on the head of newly inducted seer Vidya Rajeshwara Theertha and offered ‘Abhisheka’. After the ‘Abhisheka’, Palimaru seer renamed Shailesh Upadhyaya as Vidya Rajeshwara Theertha.