Mangaluru (The HIndu): Narasimha Acharya, Tantri, Kashi Mutt, Mangaluru told The Hindu that the seer was suffering from age-related illness. He was being treated at a hospital in Mumbai.

Sudheendra Tirtha, seer of Kashi Mutt Samsthan, Haridwar passed away in Haridwar early on Sunday. He was 90.

The mutt belonging to Gowda Saraswat Brahmins (a Konkani-speaking community) has many followers in the coastal belt in the State, including Mangaluru and Udupi, and in other parts of the country.

Narasimha Acharya, Tantri, Kashi Mutt, Mangaluru told The Hindu that the seer was suffering from age-related illness. He was being treated at a hospital in Mumbai.

The seer was airlifted from Mumbai to Haridwar on Saturday morning as per his wish as he wanted to spend days in the mutt at Haridwar. He died at Haridwar at about 1.16 a.m. on Sunday.

B. Ramanath Rai, Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada and Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, condoled his death. In a statement, the Minister said that the seer had contributed immensely to the welfare of society. He was a spiritual leader.

Born in Ernakulam, Kerala, on March 31, 1926, he was the 20th seer of the mutt. Before being initiated into sanyasa, he was known as Sadashiva Shenoy, son of Ramadasa Shenoy, a trustee of Venkataramana temple in Ernakulam. He completed his Pre-University education in Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam.