The preliminary rituals ahead of the conferment of sanyasa ashrama by His Holiness Vidyadheesha Teertha, the pontiff of Palimaru Matha, to his successor ‘Shri Shailesh Upadhyaya’ began today.
The preliminary rituals ahead of the conferment of sanyasa ashrama by His Holiness Vidyadheesha Teertha, the pontiff of Palimaru Matha, to his successor ‘Shri Shailesh Upadhyaya’ began today. As part of this, Shri Shailesh performed aatmashraddha. In order to obtain the right to accept asceticism, customary atonement through godana, dashadanas and tonsuring of the head were performed. Later, he undertook pavitrasnana at Madhvasarovara.