Udupi: In a heart-warming incident, Pejawara Matha seer Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swami climbed down a 40 feet well to rescue a kitten in Muchlakodu here on June 18.
The seer had visited the temple in Muchlakodu and noticed that the kitten had fallen into the well that belonged to the temple. First, he dropped a bucket with the help of a rope to help kitten climb on it to rescue, but the kitten which was afraid did not do so. When he again saw kitten struggling to swim in the well, overcome by kindness, the pontiff himself climbed down the well and rescued the kitten.
The video and pictures of the seer rescuing kitten has been going viral and winning people’s hearts. His followers who were waiting for him near the well were seen worried for the seer, while seer seemed immersed in rescuing the kitten.