Mysuru: A grand civic reception and felicitation was accorded to Padma Bhushan and Dharmadhikari of Srikshetra Dharmasthala, Rajarishi Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade at Maharaja’s College Grounds this morning. The occasion was to mark his completion of 50 years after taking over the administration of Dharmasthala as Pattadhikari.
Pattadhikari Dr. Veerendra Heggade is a renowned philanthropist and has been the hereditary administrator of the Dharmasthala Temple in Dakshina Kannada. The 400-year-old Shiva temple is a household name, taken care of by Vaishnavite priests and administered by the Jain Heggade family, in a long tradition of multi-religiousness.
