Chikkamagaluru: On Friday, people drove the Kemramma, 65, left when he tried to enter the Temple of Pathala Anjaney down at Kadur, Chikkamagaluru District, tried to meet his administrator or priest.
A few minutes later, he was a new celebrity of Kadur with the same person now clicking Selfie with him.
Reason: Kempamma, who earn a living by begging, shocked RS 10,000 donations to the temple.
Asked to leave, Kempamma who was not affected slowly walked to the temple.
Priest Dattu Vasudev was surprised when he handed over 20 currencies of each Rs of 500 denominations, which had been saved for years.
He asked him to use money to make a silver cover for the Gopuram Temple (Tower).
This is the second time he contributed Rs 10,000 to the temple.
The previous event was in 2019.
Kempamma, also known as Kempajji, usually seen outside Kadur Saibaba’s temple.
He slept outside the temple or at the nearest bus terminal.
After the 2019 donation, a hotel has provided free food to it.
“The donation is priceless and it is the purest form,” said the Temple of Anjaneya Malikarjun told toi.
“Kempamma made a donation because he did not have dependents.
He saved this money for years.
The temple will take care of him because no one knows about his family members or his village and the Kempamma did not want to talk about it,” he added.