Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam and Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam completed their Chaturmasya Vrata and undertook Seemollanghanam (lit. crossing of border) early in the evening of Bhadrapada Purnima at around 4:45 PM. Crossing over from Narasimha Vanam to the northern banks of the Tungabhadra, the Jagadgurus had Darshan at the temple of Goddess Sharadamba and other temples in the Math premises. The Jagadgurus also had Darshan at the hillock temple of Lord Malahanikareshwara.
Earlier, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam performed Sri Uma Maheshwara Vrata. Special puja was offered to Lord Sri Uma Maheshwara to the sonorous chanting of Vedic Mantras by the Pandits of the Sri Math and students of the Sadvidya Sanjeevini Samskrita Maha Pathashala. The Puja culminated with the Maha-Mangalaratrika. Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam was present throughout the puja.
