Mins, public pay homage to late Adheenam pontiff

Madurai: Ministers and public paid homage to the 292nd pontiff of Madurai Adheenam, Arunagirinatha Gnanasambantha Desika Paramacharya, who passed away due to illness in Madurai on Friday.

Ministers P Moorthy and P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan, who arrived in Madurai from Chennai paid their respects to the laid mutt leader at the mutt. Public also paid tributes.

Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan said that the late spiritual leader had upheld the Tamil culture, its heritage and philosophy during his lifetime. He said that he and his counterpart Minister Moorthy had been directed by Chief Minister M K Stalin to participate in the funeral though they should have been in Chennai for the Tamil Nadu Agriculture Budget. The ministers returned to Chennai to participate in the Independence Day celebrations. Members of the mosque also paid tributes. The funeral was held in the evening. The body was taken in a procession through the streets and later laid to rest at the mutt’s land in Munichalai on Saturday evening.


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