Ashwathamma donates ₹1 lakh to Saligrama temple, claims to have donated ₹7.5 lakh to temples so far
A 65-year-old woman, who was presumed to be eking out a living by begging in front of Sri Guru Narasimha Temple at Saligrama town in Udupi district, surprised everyone on Thursday when she donated ₹1 lakh towards ‘Anna Daana’ at the temple for February 9, prior to setting out on a Sabarimala pilgrimage.
Ashwathamma, a native of Kanchugod village, off the fishing town of Gangolli in Kundapura taluk, was seen almost every day near the Guru Narasimha and Anjaneya temples in Saligrama. Fondly called “Ajji” by devotees, Ms. Ashwathamma spends her nights in an enclosure meant to keep the temple’s boat next to the kalyani. Having lost her husband and daughter, she occasionally visits her grandchildren at Kanchugod, according to the temple authorities.
Newly elected temple managing committee member K. Ananta Padmanabha Aithal, who was committee president in the previous…
