Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation, Amit Shah inaugurated and participated in 115th Birthday Celebrations of Dr. Shri Shri Shri Shiva Kumaraswami & Guruvandana Mahotsava in Siddaganga Mutt, Tumkur, Karnataka.
In his address on the occasion, the Union Home said that today all of us have come here to seek blessings of Sri Sri Sri Shiva Kumaraswami on his 115th birth anniversary. He said that I have come to Siddaganga Mutt for the third time and have taken with me consciousness, enthusiasm and energy, every time.
Our country is a very ancient country and there are many pilgrimage places, Jyotirlingas and Shaktipeeths. But, some pilgrimages are made on the basis of deeds of great saints and Siddaganga Mutt is one such pilgrimage, where Sri Sri Sri Shiva Kumaraswami worked for 88 years to realise the thought of Basavaanna and paved the way to bring equality, education and making people spiritually rich.
When a person thinks about people, society, country and religion instead of thinking about himself, then an aura is created around that person. That aura works to bring new light in the lives of many people, to bring light of education, to pave their life on the right path and also to make them religious.
The Union Home Minister said that the aura created by Sri Sri Sri Shiva Kumaraswami till the age of 112 years and 88 years as the presiding officer of this Mutt will continue to inspire the people of the country about how they should live, not only today but for many ages.
When Atal ji came here, he had said that there is Ganga in the north and Siddaganga in the south. It is believed that by taking a dip in the Ganges, the sins of many lives are completely washed away and by coming to Siddaganga Mutt, the virtues of many births are awakened. He said that Siddaganga is a very big pilgrimage and today the foundation stone has been laid for the construction of a pharmacy college in an area of 80,000 square feet.
