A huge weighing scale has been installed at the Nehru Stadium in Hubballi for a jumbo tulabhara scheduled on February 1 during which 60-year-old elephant called Champika and Fakira Siddarama Swami of Shirahatti will be weighed in coins.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Monday, Fakira Dingaleshwara Swami of Shirahatti said that the jumbo tulabhara has been organised to mark the culmination of the Bhavaikyata Rathayatra in Hubballi being held as part of the year-long 75th birthday celebrations of Fakira Siddarama Swami of Shirahatti.
The swami said that Champika has been serving the Bhavaikyata Sansthan Peetha of Shirahatti for long and on February 1, the tulabhara of the elephant along with that of Fakira Siddarama Swami will be held with 5,555 kg of 10 rupee coins.