<p class="title">President of India Ram Nath Kovind greeted Pejawar Mutt Pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swami, who completed 80 years of asceticism, at Pejawar Mutt in Udupi on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He wished that the seer lived past 100 years as the society needed his service.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Felicitating the seer, the President expressed happiness on visiting the temple.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kovind said he was impressed about the Swami’s enthusiasm for life and congratulated him on having completed 80 years of asceticism.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vishwesha Teertha Swami said he was overjoyed by the visit of President of India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The President of India, as representative of the country, has come here to seek the blessings of Lord Krishna,” the swamiji said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kovind was felicitated and presented with a Yakshagana `mundasu’ (head gear), a panchaloha idol of Lord Krishna and 12 books authored by Vishwesha Teertha Swami himself.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seer presented sarees and Shankarapura jasmine to Savitha Kovind, wife of Ram Nath Kovind and Kavitha Acharya, wife of Nagaland Governor Padmanabh Acharya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, Ram Nath Kovind left for Sri Krishna temple and had the darshan of the presiding deity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the temple, President Kovind was felicitated by the Paryaya Palimar Pontiff Vidyadeesha Swami and presented with a 1.5-ft tall Panchaloha idol of Kadegolu Krishna and a gold replica of Sri Krishna Temple’s inner sanctum sanctotum.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The President invited the seers to visit Rashtrapathi Bhavan in New Delhi, prior to his departure from the temple at 12.50 pm.</p>
<p class="title">President of India Ram Nath Kovind greeted Pejawar Mutt Pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swami, who completed 80 years of asceticism, at Pejawar Mutt in Udupi on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He wished that the seer lived past 100 years as the society needed his service.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Felicitating the seer, the President expressed happiness on visiting the temple.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kovind said he was impressed about the Swami’s enthusiasm for life and congratulated him on having completed 80 years of asceticism.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vishwesha Teertha Swami said he was overjoyed by the visit of President of India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The President of India, as representative of the country, has come here to seek the blessings of Lord Krishna,” the swamiji said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kovind was felicitated and presented with a Yakshagana `mundasu’ (head gear), a panchaloha idol of Lord Krishna and 12 books authored by Vishwesha Teertha Swami himself.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seer presented sarees and Shankarapura jasmine to Savitha Kovind, wife of Ram Nath Kovind and Kavitha Acharya, wife of Nagaland Governor Padmanabh Acharya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, Ram Nath Kovind left for Sri Krishna temple and had the darshan of the presiding deity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the temple, President Kovind was felicitated by the Paryaya Palimar Pontiff Vidyadeesha Swami and presented with a 1.5-ft tall Panchaloha idol of Kadegolu Krishna and a gold replica of Sri Krishna Temple’s inner sanctum sanctotum.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The President invited the seers to visit Rashtrapathi Bhavan in New Delhi, prior to his departure from the temple at 12.50 pm.</p>