Chennai: Kanchi Sankaracharya Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, who is on a south India tour, visited important places in Sandur as part of his trip.

He visited the cowshed where Kanchi Paramacharya Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal (Maha Periyavar) would perform Anushthanams and where the then President of India, Neelam Sanjeev Reddy had darshan. He also visited the residence of Ghorpade Family.

This was followed with a procession into Sandur town which started at 6:30 pm and ended at 9:30 pm.

On arrival back to Eashwaraswamy temple, a Swagatha Sabha was organised followed with Anugraha Bhashanam by the seer, first in Kannada and then in Hindi for about an hour. Later, he also gave a special address to teachers.