Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today condoled the death of the chief pontiff of Sri Ranganathaswamy temple in Tiruchirappalli district.
In a message, the Chief Minister recalled that Sri Ranga Narayana Jeeyar had started off as a priest of a temple in Coimbatore, before going on to become the 50th jeeyar of the temple in Srirangam.
In a statement, Palaniswami expressed his sympathies to the disciples of the jeeyar and others associated with him and prayed that the "soul of Sri Ranga Narayana Jeeyar reaches the Holy abode."