Udupi, July 19: “Shiroor Swamiji had come out of the Puritanism. He was loving the poor without considering their castes. I suspect he might have faced this problem because of this reason. So, the government and the district administration should intervene in the issue and order a high level probe into the death of the swamiji”, said Esha Vittala Swamiji of Kemaru Sandipani Ashram.
Speaking to reporters near KMC hospital at Manipal on Thursday, the swamiji said that the swamiji was not depressed to commit suicide. He did not have any apprehension over the CD incident telecast in the media. He did not consider the issue seriously. Normally, the swamiji was not consuming solid food. He was taking only juice. If there was poison in the food, a comprehensive investigation should be conducted about who has brought it and how, the Kemaru swamiji demanded.
He was weeping for his Presiding Deity and he was murmuring during the sleep that he wanted Anna Vittala. But he had the confidence of getting justice through legal fight. Even his advocates had also assured it, he said.
“We thought that the handing over of Presiding Deity would be solved through compromise. Otherwise, we would have moved the court around one and half month before. The swamiji had spoken to me about this just five days ago. We have discussed it with advocate Ravikiran Murudeshwar. Later, we have decided to file a case on July 25. He was not in dying condition”, the swamiji said.
Preparations were on to anoint successor!
Shiroor Swamiji had prepared to anoint his successor around five years ago. He had decided to take his disciple soon after Chaturmasya. The swamiji had decided five years back to take Prashanth from Bengaluru as his successor and the family members of Prashanth had also agreed. Being an educated, Prashanth was visiting Shiroor Mutt very often. The swamiji had decided to anoint Prashanth as his successor after Chaturmasya. But it was not disclosed with other swamijis of Ashta mutts. He discussed it with a few of his known circle. But it was a closed chapter, the Kemaru swamiji said.
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Erode (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Police declined permission to hold TVK chief Vijay's public meeting in Erode on December 16, after former minister K A Sengottaiyan, who recently joined the party, submitted a petition on Sunday, sources in the department said.
Erode is the home turf of Sengottaiyan, a nine-time MLA and former minister, who joined the actor-politician's party after being expelled from AIADMK. The meeting would have been an opportunity for him to prove his strength in organising a meeting of this scale.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "The TVK chief will visit Erode on December 16 and address a public meeting in a private land near a marriage hall".
The former minister also submitted a petition to the District Collector S Kandasamy seeking permission for the meeting. Later, he submitted a copy of the petition to the officials in the District Police Office.
Following this, A Sujatha, Superintendent of Police, inspected the seven-acre site in the Pavalathampalayam area on Erode-Perundurai Road where TVK wanted to hold the meeting.
Later, police officials told the media that TVK's petition stated that they expected a 70-thousand strong crowd. The site proposed by them is quite inadequate to accommodate that much crowd and their vehicles and hence permission was declined, they added.
The officials also said that the decision was communicated to Sengottaiyan, and he was asked to choose a different spot.
