Seer’s ashes to be immersed

Vijayapura: The ashes of Siddheshwar Swamiji will be immersed in four rivers and in the sea in one or two days, said Basavalinga Swamiji, president, Jnana Yogashrama. He told reporters here on Wednesday that the ashes will be immersed as per the wish of Siddheshwar Swamiji. “We have withdrawn the decision of distributing the ashes to devotees. Interested devotees can obtain books or vibhuti from the Ashrama,” he said. Thousands of devotees, who were unable to have the last darshan of Swamiji, visited the Ashram on Wednesday and had darshan of the ashes. Many of the devotees, including school and college students, stood in a long queue while singing prayers and bhajans about the Swamiji. Ayyappa devotee dies in accident, 3 injured Dharwad: A 10-year-old boy from Dharwad was killed and three others were injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling met with an accident near Edappal in Mannapuram district of Kerala on Wednesday. The deceased is Sumit Pande and the injured are Suraj Pande, Nikhil Pande and Sushant Pande. They had left Dharwad on January 1 to have darshan of Swami Ayyappa at Shabarimala in Kerala. They were returning to Dharwad when the tragedy struck. The Pandes are residents of Saidapur in Dharwad. The injured have been admitted to a hospital in Mannapuram. Soon after getting information about the accident, Union minister Pralhad Joshi contacted the health secretary of Kerala and the Mannapuram deputy commissioner and asked them to provide proper treatment to the injured. The mortal remains of the deceased are being brought to Dharwad. Procession to celebrate film’s success Hubballi: The Akhila Karnataka Dr Shivarajkumar Abhimanigala Sangha, Rajaratna Punit Rajkumar Abhimanigala Sangha will jointly organise a procession in the city on Friday to mark the success of Shivarajkumar starrer Kannda film ‘Veda’. The event’s organiser Shivanand Muttannavar said the procession will start from Broadway and pass through Maratha Galli Circle, Koppikar Road, Koen Road and conclude at Apsara Theatre, where actor Shivarajkumar will watch the movie with his fans. Various traditional dance troupes including Dollu Kunita, Jaggalagi, Mallakhamb will be part of the procession.‘AAP will come to power in Karnataka’Dharwad: The Aam Admi Party’s state convener of social justice wing, M Arvind, said he would contest the elections to the assembly this year from Hubballi-Dharwad West constituency. He told reporters here on Wednesday, “AAP will dent the vote banks of all major political parties and come to power. People of the state, having tried Congress, BJP and JD(S), are disillusioned with them. They want a change and AAP has come as a perfect alternative to these parties,” Arvind said. “Despite change in ruling parties and ministers, the system in the state has not changed. BJP is engaged in polarisation on the basis of religion, while Congress is busy in favouritism and corruption. JD(S) has lost its energy. AAP will field its candidates in all 224 assembly segments and the results will throw a surprise,” he added.