Basava Jayanti: Birth Anniversary of Guru Basaveshwara

The Prime Minister of India paid tribute toJagadguru Basaveshwara on the occasion of Basava Jayanthi. In November 2015, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated thestatue of Basaveshwara along the bank of the river Thames at Lambeth in London.  About: He was an Indian 12th-century Philosopher, Statesman and a social reformer. He was Lingayat saintin the Shiva-focussed Bhakti movement, and Hindu Shaivite social reformer during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukya/Kalachuri dynasty. The Lingayats are a Hindu sect with a wide following in southern India that worships Shiva as the only deity. He is also known as Bhakti Bhandari (literally, the treasurer of devotion), or Basaveswara (Lord Basava). Contribution: Basavanna spread....Read More