Bengaluru, January 22: The last rites of Siddaganga Mutt seer Sri Shivakumara Swamiji will take place at 4:30 pm on Tuesday in Karnataka. Sri Shivakumara died on Monday at the age of 111 years in Tumakuru at 11:44 am. Security has been beefed up at places around the Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Karnataka's Tumakuru for the Lingayat leader's funeral. Thousands of devotees begun gathering at the Mutt on Monday as soon as the announcement of Swamiji's death was made. The numbers continue to increase today. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji Funeral: Sea of Devotees Gather to Catch a Final Glimpse of the Seer, Last Rites to Be Held at 4.30 PM Today.

On Monday, the Swamiji's body was kept on a platform for people to pay their last respects at the Sree Siddaganga Mutt. Many men and women broke down yesterday outside his ashram seeing the seer as he was kept in a sitting posture in a glass casket since evening. The casket was taken on a final journey for devotees to pay their respects to the seer.

The last rites will take place at 4:30 pm today. You can watch the live streaming of Sri Shivakumara Swamiji on TV9 Kannada.

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Shivakumara Swami was a highly revered seer and practitioner of the Lingayat-Veerashaiva faith of Lingayatism. The state government of Karnataka has declared three-day mourning till Wednesday and holiday for schools, colleges and its offices on Tuesday across the state as a mark of respect to the socio-religious icon.

The state-run road transport service has arranged an additional 200 buses to take people to Tumakuru for paying homage to the Swami and attend his last rites from nearby towns and villages on Tuesday.

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