Seer of Fakireshwar Samsthana Peetha at Shirahatti in Gadag district Sri Fakira Siddarama Swami will be weighed in gold to mark his 75th birthday. And, the value of the gold so collected will be converted into a corpus fund to be used for the education of poor students.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Thursday, Sri Fakira Dingaleshwara Swami, who has been appointed as successor to Fakira Siddarama Swami, said that along with Tulabhara of 63 kg of gold, there will be another Tulabhara in coins.
“Elephant named Champika has been serving the Fakireshwara Mutt (Peetha) since long and as it is 60 years old now, we plan to celebrate its 60th birthday along with the 75th birthday of the seer. They both will be weighed in 5,555 kg of coins in a custom-made Takkadi (weighing scale) which will be 20 ft high, 44 ft long and 30 ft wide. After the Tulabhara, the weighing scale will be preserved as a monument on the mutt premises in Shirahatti,” he said.
