1908
Born on April 1 to Honnappa and Gangamma at Veerapura in Magadi taluk of Ramanagara district (earlier Bengaluru rural district)
1913-1927
Attends primary school at Veerapura and Palahalli; middle school at Nagavalli; and high school at government high school, Tumakuru; passed matriculation
1927-30
Resides at Thotadappa boys hostel in Bengaluru and studies Bachelor of Arts with Honours at Central College, Bengaluru
1930
Is selected the Siddaganga Mutt successor on March 3
1941
Takes charge as head of Siddaganga Mutt on January 11, after the death of Uddana Shivayogi Swami
1949
Celebration of silver jubilee of Sri Siddalingeshwara Sanskrit Patashala on June 18
1960
Construction of a hostel for students begins on mutt premises
1962
Sri Siddaganga Education Society established
1963
Siddaganga Institute of Technology started
1965
The seer receives an honorary doctorate from Karnataka University on November 6
1970
He inaugurates the 47th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana in Bengaluru on December 27
1982
Siddaganga Women’s College established
1984
Siddaganga First Grade College at Nelamangala and Siddaganga Pharmacy college in Tumakuru set up
1988
Siddalinga Swami appointed successor of Shivakumara Swami on March 30
1992
As part of the diamond jubilee celebrations of the seer, the then Vice- President, Shankar Dayal Sharma, inaugurates the Siddaganga Nursing College on February 16
1995
Siddaganga Urban Co-operative Bank established on February 2
2000
Platinum jubilee celebration of Sanskrit College inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on January 30
2007
Karnataka Ratna award and 100th birthday celebrations for the seer
2012
Guruvandana programme, in which Sonia Gandhi, the then chairperson of the All-India Congress Committee, participates
2013
Seer receives an honorary doctorate from Bangalore University
2015
He is awarded the Padma Bhushan
2017
He receives the Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Peace Award by the Department of Kannada and Culture
2019
Shivakumara Swami passes away, at the age of 111, on January 21
Published - January 22, 2019 11:59 am IST
