The Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka
- In the twelfth century, a new movement led by a Brahmana named Basavanna arose in Karnataka.
- His adherents were referred to as Lingayats (Wearers of Lingas) or Virashaivas (heroes of Shiva). The Lingayat community is still significant in the area today.
- The Lingayats promoted post-puberty marriage and widows’ remarriage while opposing concepts such as caste, pollution, and the doctrine of rebirth.
- The knowledge of the Virashaiva tradition comes from the Kannada-language Vachanas, or, sayings, that both men and women who joined the movement wrote.
Poems of Prayer Early Traditions of Bhakti| Class 12 History Notes
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