Rajarajeshwari Samsthana Kshatriya Peetha gets its first peethadhipati

Bharath Raje Urs takes Sanyasa Deekshafrom Vishwesha Tirtha Swami

Vishwadhiraja Tirtha Swami (left) being anointed seerof Sri Rajarajeshwari Samsthana Kshatriya Peetha by Vishwesha Tirtha Swami (right) of ParyayaPejawar Mutt in Udupi on Monday.

Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt gave Sanyasa deeksha (initiation to monastic order) to a 34-year-old engineer Bharath Raje Urs here on Monday.

After the deeksha, Bharath Urs was named Vishwadhiraja Tirtha Swami.

He has been nominated as the first peethadhipati or seer of the Sri Rajarajeshwari Samasthana Kshatriya Peetha.

A series of ceremonies and rituals related to the initiation to monastic order was held at the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple here from Saturday.

Nearly 400 members of the Rajakshatriya community from Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Bengaluru, Mysuru and Tumakuru witnessed the rituals and the pattabhisheka ceremonies here.

Son of Hemaraje Urs and S.P. Jyothi, Bharath Raje Urs completed his engineering degree in Electronics and Communications from Manipal Institute of Technology here in 2000.

He studied the Shastras at Shrimat Bhagavatha Vidyapeetha in Mathura and also served for eight years at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He also served as the convener of the conference on cows (Go-sammelan) here last year.