Sharada Peetha of Sringeri has offered a panchaloha idol of Goddess Sharada for a new temple coming up in Kashmir. The idol was handed over to devotees of Kashmir in a ceremony at the mutt in Sringeri on October 5.
Bharati Tirtha Swami and Vidhushekhara Bharati Swami of the mutt worshipped the idol before handing it over to the devotees. Ravinder Pandita, a representative of the Sharada Yatra (Sarvajna Peeth) Temple Committee, and other devotees received the idol from Vidhushekhara Bharati, junior seer of the mutt.