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Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai (EP)

Mumbai, Oct 8: Vidyavihar west Kalai village resident, Ambika Adinatheshwara Mahaganapathi temple trustee, Balkunjeguthu Gopala M Shetty (78) passed away at a private hospital on October 7 after a cardiac arrest.

Besides being a hotelier, a religious and social thinker he worked as an arts supporter behind the scene.

He has left behind his wife, two sons, one daughter and large number of friends and relatives.

His mortal remains were brought by flight to Balkunjeguthu, his home town in the morning of October 8. The last rites are scheduled to be held in the evening.

Ambika Adinatheshwara temple priest Pernankila Haridasa Bhat, Kannadiga Patrakarthara sangha Maharastra advisor CA I R Shetty, Bombay Bunts association joint treasurer Innabeedu Ravindra B Shetty, Jayaram Shetty Inna, Innabeedu Babu B Shetty and others have expressed their condolences on the demise of Gopala Shetty.