<p align="justify" class="title">Siddeshwara Swamji, seer of the Vijayapura Jnanayogashrama has respectfully declined the Padma Shree conferred on him by the Centre. He made this decision public on Friday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Earlier too, many universities had approached him seeking his permission to confer honorary doctorates and he had declined all of them in a similar fashion. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Various organisations had also come forward to award and recognise his contribution and he had turned them away. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The government has conferred the Padma Shree on me without my consent. I am grateful for the recognition. There are many others who have served society. It is better to give them the award. I do not need it," Siddeshwara Swamiji said. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Siddeshwara Swamji, seer of the Vijayapura Jnanayogashrama has respectfully declined the Padma Shree conferred on him by the Centre. He made this decision public on Friday. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Earlier too, many universities had approached him seeking his permission to confer honorary doctorates and he had declined all of them in a similar fashion. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Various organisations had also come forward to award and recognise his contribution and he had turned them away. </p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The government has conferred the Padma Shree on me without my consent. I am grateful for the recognition. There are many others who have served society. It is better to give them the award. I do not need it," Siddeshwara Swamiji said. </p>