Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced that the birth anniversary of Sri Siddalinga Swami of Tontadarya Mutt in Gadag will be celebrated as ‘Integration Day’ and a government order in this regard would be soon.
He was addressing a public gathering after inaugurating the Aikya Mantapa, the structure built around the place where the mortal remains of the seer were buried on the Tontadarya Mutt premises in Gadag on Friday.
The Chief Minister said: “It is our duty to celebrate his birthday meaningfully. He was a great thinker and philosopher. He could have built huge structures and institutions. But the seer was committed to building a harmonious society and the welfare of the society and he dedicated whole life for it”.
