Jagadguru Basaveshwara
On 30th April 2025, Prime Minister paid tribute to Jagadguru Basaveshwara on Basava Jayanti.
About Jagadguru Basaveshwara
- Jagadguru Basaveshwara was born in 1131 AD in Bagevadi, Karnataka, into a Brahmin family.
- He was a 12th-century Kannada social reformer, poet and philosopher.
- He founded the Lingayat or Veerashaiva movement.
- He composed over 600 “Vachanas” – short, powerful poetic verses in Kannada.
- He also established Anubhava Mantapa.It was a democratic spiritual parliament in Kalyana. It included saints from all castes, including women.
Social Reform
- Basava taught that every human being was equal, irrespective of caste, and that all forms of manual labour were equally important.
- He ....
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