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Basavanna – The Founder
Basavanna spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as Vachanaas. Basavanna rejected gender or social discrimination, superstitions and rituals such as the wearing of sacred thread, but introduced Ishtalinga necklace.
Lingayat Religion
Lingayathism is started in the 12th century by Guru Basaveshwara; Lingayat has the aim to stop the evil, traditions, to stop bifurcating people by birth, to stop male female inequality, to provide education to people. Lingayat literature explains
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About Mahasabha
Basavanna spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as Vachanaas. Basavanna rejected gender or social discrimination, superstitions and rituals such as the wearing of sacred thread, but introduced Ishtalinga necklace
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Sharanaru
Allamaprabhu
Akkamahadevi
Channabasavanna
Siddharameshwara
Akka Nagamma
Ambigara Chowdayya
Hemareddy Mallamma
Moligeya Marayya
Neelambike
Samagara Haralayya
Satyakka
Siddharameshwara
Dr. P.G Halakatti
Hardekar Manjappa
Dr. M.M Kalburgi
Yediyuru Siddhalingeshwara
Aaydakki Maraiah Lakkamma
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"The Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha, which is leading a movement seeking separate religion status to the community, has urged the Congress government in Karnataka to accord “minority” status for Lingayats under the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994"