Overview
- He arrived in Bengaluru on November 9, was received at Yelahanka Air Force Station by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and other officials, and flew to program sites by helicopter.
- At Shravanabelagola he unveiled an idol of Acharya Shanti Sagar Maharaj and named a new hillock Shanti Giri during centenary observances of the Acharya’s 1925 visit.
- He addressed the sixteenth convocation of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research in Mysuru, speaking to graduating students.
- His schedule included visits to the old premises of Suttur Math, prayers at the Chamundeshwari Temple near Mysuru, and the Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple in Melukote.
- In his remarks he lauded Shravanabelagola’s spiritual legacy and cited measures such as Prakrit’s recognition as a classical language and manuscript digitisation efforts.