Kanchi seer returns to mutt, performs puja

Press Trust Of India
Monday, March 28, 2005

Kancheepuram, March 28: Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi on Monday visited the Sankara mutt for the first time since his arrest in connection with the Sankararaman murder case in October.

The seer spent nearly an hour at the mutt during which he performed puja and did meditation in front of the adishtanam (samadhi) of the Mahaswami Chandrasekhara Saraswathi, mutt sources said.

Later, he left for Kalavai.

Since the chargesheet has been filed in the Sankararaman murder case, the bail conditions prohibiting his entry into the mutt no longer exist and he did not violate the bail conditions, police said.

Earlier today, the seer visited the Kamakshi Amman temple here and performed milk abhishekam to the Adhi Sankara and Saraswathi shrines before visiting the nearby Kousikeswarar temple.

The seer had made a public appearance at the deemed university of Chandra Sekarendra Saraswathi Viswamaha Vidhyalaya at Enathur yesterday where a convocation was held.

He reached the university from Kalavai soon after the convocation speeches and citation ceremonies were over, university sources said.

He blessed the gathering and distributed prasadams to students and parents who were present.

The seer also held a meeting with board members of the university and later returned to Kalavai.