Mangaluru: One of the Seers of the famous Udupi Ashta Mutts, Sri Lakshmivara Theertha of Shiroor Mutt passed away this morning due to suspected food poisoning at Kasturba Memorial Hospital in Manipal. A press release from the Hospital this morning said that traces of poison were found inside the seer’s body. Dr. Avinash Shetty from the Hospital confirmed about the poison traces and told reporters that the matter was reported to the Police.
Lakshmivara Theertha (55) was the 30th seer of Shiroor Mutt and was in the news recently as he had expressed the desire of contesting from Udupi Assembly seat on BJP ticket. However, the BJP convinced the seer not to contest and gave the ticket to K. Raghupathi Bhat who eventually won the seat.
