Chennai: Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal visited Chintala Venkatramana Swamy temple, Prasanna Parvathi Sametha Bugga Ramalingaswamy temple, Dr Varahu Garden (Kanchi Paramacharya stayed here) Vasavi Temple, Brahmana Samithi Bhavan and other places at Tadipatri and reached Ananthapur on Tuesday.
He was received by the people of Anantapur and taken in procession from Gandhi Bazaar till College Grounds led by Veda Parayanam, Nadaswara, elephant, folk artistes and devotees. According to a press note, he was given Swagatha Patrika at the grounds where he delivered Anugraha Bhashanam.
He touched on a range of topics about Hindu Dharma and social matters. He urged participants to perform Dharmic deeds. He then reached Srimatam camp at Abhaya Anjaneya Swami temple.