Adichunchanagiri Mutt pontiff Dr Nirmalanandanatha Swami said that the Mutt will contribute towards building the future of the children in Kodagu.
He was speaking during the Guruvandana programme organised by Sri Cauvery PU College in Bhagamandala.
The pontiff said, “Students from foreign countries used to come to Nalanda and Takshashila in India, for education.”
India has produced the greatest scientists, mathematicians and philosophers, he said and also added that Adichunchanagiri Mutt is imparting education to thousands of students.
Virajpet MLA K G Bopaiah said that there is a need to build an educated society in the real sense.
The religious institutions should provide moral education to the children. The people should support the institutions like Mutts in this endeavour, he said.
Cauvery Vidya Sangha president Hosur Satish Kumar Joyappa presided over the programme.
Pattedars of the Chidukaru and Hosagadde families who donated land to the institution were honoured on the occasion.
Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthala Mutt, Hassan seer Shambhunatha Swami, Arameri Kalancheri Mutt seer Shantamallikarjuna Swami, ZP members Chandralaka, Kavitha Prabhakar and others were present.