In the evening of 21st January 2015, Justice Yarabati Bhaskar Rao, Karnataka Lokayukta, Sri Mandali Buddha Prasad, Deputy speaker of Andhra Pradesh and Sri Chethan R, IPS DSP Chikmagalur visited Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham at Sringeri and had the Darshan of Goddess Sharadamba and the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji. On January 27 2015, the Former Food Minister, and Member of Parliament Sri K V Thomas had Darshan of the Jagadguru.