News & Pics: Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network—Bantwal (RD/CN)

Bantwal, Jan 8: Thousands of devotees on Thursday January 6 offered ‘puja’ to the deity Nithyananda Swami at Baddakatte, near here, by anointing the idol with milk and tender coconut water as part
of an annual ritual at Nithyananda Swami Bhajan Mandir, Baddakatte.

The Mandir has been developed as Ganeshpuri of Maharashtra where thousands of devotees regardless of caste, creed, age, and gender queued up to offer puja.

The idols of Swami Nithyananda and Swami Govinda were carried in a colourful procession on the night of Wednesday January 4.

Swami Nithyananda and Swami Govinda Trust president B Manjunath Mallya, honorary president Sadanand Hegde, trustees B Yogish Sapalya and Sadashiv Bhandary, Swami Vijayanand of Bevinakoppa
Ananda Ashram, Belgaum, veterans J Srinivas Jakribettu, B Mahabala Sapalya, B Harish Shetty, G Anand, Harish, Gopal Poojary, Gajendra Prabhu, Mohan K, Sriyan Rayee, Jagannat Bantwal, and Satyanarayan Bhat were present on the occasion.