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 | | Shree Basaveshwara is the founderof the Veerashaiva (Lingayats) religion. | | | The Lord was on 1131 A.D. in a small town called Bagewadi in northern Karnataka, a southern state of India and attained the union with Lord Kudala Sangameshwara in 1167 A.D. He preached the equality among the humankind and condemned all barriers of caste, creed and sex etc and fought against Varnashrama(the caste system). |
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http://www.yourencyclopedia.net/lord_basava.html
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| | Virasaivism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Lingayats believe in a monotheistic world where Shiva is the supreme deity. | | | The term Lingayat is derived from the lingam, or the abstract symbol of Shiva in which God is worshipped without form. | | | However, unlike practically all Hindus, Lingayats reject the Vedas but rather focus more on the Hindu Agamas, specically, the Shaivite Agamas. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virasaivism
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| | His Work |
| | Lingayat prophetic writings tell of a great king, born from a carpenter's maid, who would come from the West and abolish idol worship and introduce the worship of one God. | | | In 1851, a dozen Lingayats came to faith in Christ through those prophecies. | | | Mike Williams, an International Mission Board strategy coordinator for the Lingayat people, remembers exactly where he was when he caught the vision to reach the Lingayat people with the gospel. |
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http://www.peopleteams.org/lingayat/story2.html
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| | Voice of Bhakti: Vol. 3, No. 2 The Contextual Christian: Channappa D. Uttangi |
| | Lingayats are officially considered as part of Hinduism, however Lingayatism is unique, as are other Indian based religions like Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. | | | The Lingayat founder is Basava, a twelfth century social and religious reformer. | | | The Lingayat founder taught that as a faithful wife has one husband, the devotee who believes must have one God. |
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http://www.bhaktivani.com/volume3/number2/uttangi.html
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| | Hinduism Today Mar 1994 |
| | Going against the way of the times, the Lingayats rejected, Vedic authority, caste hierarchy, the system of four ashramas, a multiplicity of Gods, ritualistic (and self-aggrandizing) priestcraft, animal sacrifice, karmic bondage, the existence of inner worlds, duality of God and soul, temple worship and the traditions of ritual purity-pollution. | | | On the occasion of birth in a Lingayat family, the child is entered into the faith that same day by a visiting jangama, who bestows a small Sivalinga encased in a pendant tied to a thread. | | | The original ideals, however, remain embedded in Lingayat scripture, which is of three types: 1) the Vachanas, 2) historical narratives and biographies in verse and 3) specialized works on doctrine and theology. |
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http://www.hinduism-today.com/archives/1994/3/1994-3-13.shtml
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| | Devout Lingayats believe that to lose their lingam means spiritual death, which can only be overcome by having a new one made by a craftsman and blessed by their guru. | | | Though some would debate whether or not the Lingayats are Hindu, they worship the Hindu god of destruction, Siva. | | | A second spiritual impediment is their confidence in the lingam, a symbol of Siva, which they keep on their bodies at all times. |
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http://www.global-prayer-digest.com/monthdetails/2003/md-August-2003.asp
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| | deendar anjuman |
| | To the former, Islam was presented not as a completely new religion by itself but, rather, as a fulfilment of their own faiths, which were said to have predicted the arrival of Muhammad as the kalki avatar and jagat guru and of Siddiq Hussain as the Deendar Channabasaveswara. | | | While addressing the Lingayats his focus was largely on himself, claiming to be the avatar of the revered Lingayat figure Channabasaveswara. | | | Some of these are revered as local deities by the Lingayats, such as the Bahmani ruler Ahmad Shah Wali, worshipped as an incarnation of the Lingayat deity Shah Allama Prabhu, or the Sufi Shah Muinuddin of Thinthini, known to the Lingayats as Munishwar. |
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http://www.truthindia.com/page58.html
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| | Karnataka |
| | All Lingayat subcastes believe (a) that they are Lingayats; (b) they employ the ritual services of Jangam priests; (c) they observe no commensal restrictions and interdine except with Navaliga (Hadapad), Madiwal and Kimbhar; (d) they attend the marriage ceremonies held in their subcaste and help each other; and (e) owe their allegiance to Basavanna (:20). | | | Lingayats are considered as part of the "most backward" under category I and "more backward" under category II, along with Sudras, SC converts to Christianity, Buddhists and Muslims under category II. | | | In the major caste group (Lingayat), the identity is based on a subcaste basis. |
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http://www.saxakali.com/southasia/litrev7.htm
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| | The Hindu : Veerashaivas' campaign gaining momentum |
| | Chidananda Murthy told The Hindu that in the current Census even those who declared themselves as Lingayats or Veerashaivas would be regarded as Hindus as the Government of India and various laws did not consider the members of the community as a religious minority as was the case with Sikhs, Buddhists or Jains. | | | The programme is aimed at educating Lingayats in the State and elsewhere about the need to declare themselves as such and not Hindus when the Census enumerators visit their houses. | | | Those supporting the stand that the Lingayats are not part of Hinduism rely on the wording of legislation such as the Hindu Marriage Act, Hindu Succession Act and the Hindu Adoption Act which say: "This Act applies to a Hindu by religion... |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/12/11/stories/0411402k.htm
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| | Cloudband Magazine : HISTORICAL OUTLINE: THE TOMB OF AHMAD SHAH |
| | Today, a representative of the Lingayat Sect is always present at the tomb of Ahmad Shah to blow the conch or mark the foreheads of the visitors with sandalwood. | | | By bringing to Bidar the grandson of a famous spiritual leader, he was able to stress his commitment to and respect for such figures, while sending a message of independence to the existing Sufi brotherhoods and their followers. | | | It is also a Lingayat jangama who leads the prayers and devotions at the Urs, annual celebrations in Ahmad Shah's honour in Bidar. |
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http://www.cloudband.com/magazine/articles1q01/feat_philon_canopy2_0101.html
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| | His Work |
| | If you would like to be a prayer partner with the team taking the gospel to the Lingayats, send an e-mail to: beinvolved@iname.com. | | | Since Basava and most of his early followers were Brahmins - the highest of all castes - Lingayats are generally considered a high caste as well. | | | Although Gowayamma, one of his neighbors, recently accepted Christ, she's considered an untouchable by the village and restricted from entering the house of Rahim, a member of the Lingayat caste. |
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http://www.peopleteams.org/lingayat/story3.html
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| | Lingayats, lord shiva, Siva worship, Karnataka, Kadalasangamadeva |
| | Virasaivites describe their religion as “revived, regenerated and revolutionary Saivism.” The term Virasaiva means “militant, heroic follower of Siva.” They also call themselves Lingayats because they wear the Linga, the emblem and symbol of Lord Siva, on their person. | | | Basavanna worshipped Siva in the form of the Lord of the Meeting Rivers, Kadalasangamadeva. | | | In the state of Karnataka there is a small community numbering about seven million people who are known as Lingayats. |
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http://www.indiaprofile.com/lifestyle/lingayats.htm
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| | ASIA SOCIETY: THE COLLECTION IN CONTEXT |
| | The Lingayats of Karnataka, on the other hand, challenged this system, and asserted that God was only accessible outside formal and hierarchical religious contexts. | | | By the 17th century, bhakti had transformed the religious landscape of the north, as exemplified by the Rajasthani poet-saint Mirabai, a devotee of Krishna, and by Kabir, who lashed out against superficial religiosity on all levels and sang of an unknowable, formless God. | | | The Tamil saints described above sang of their direct access to God with an emphasis on the temple and the ritual system associated with it; for example, the poems of Sambandar invariably mention a particular temple and location associated with Shiva. |
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http://www.asiasocietymuseum.com/essay.asp?EssayID=3
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| | Lingayats lead in north Karnataka region - Deccan Herald |
| | Lingayats have gained an upper hand in north Karnataka by electing as many as 38 legislators out of the total 56 assembly segments of the seven Lok Sabha (LS) constituencies of this region. | | | Besides, the ‘anti-incumbency’ factor has proved costly for the Congress Party in 16 assembly segments that come under the Dharwad North and Dharwad South Lok Sabha constituencies.The assembly results have clearly indicated that the BJP is making inroads in north Karnataka and slowly becoming a force to reckon with. | | | The BJP has an edge over other political parties in the 56 assembly segments of the seven LS constituencies by winning 31 seats. |
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may152004/s5.asp
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| | SivaSakti.COM - Vira Shaivism. Part 2 |
| | On the occasion of a birth taking place in a lingayat family, the child is brought to their religion this very day, by a jangama, who offers the child a sivalinga in a pandant, attached to a belt. | | | The monist teist doctrine of the Vira Shaivism is named Shaktivisistadvaita, and is a version of modified non-dualism, also accepting the difference and the non-difference between the individual Self and the Divine, through the comparaison with the beams of the sun. | | | The original ideals remain however included in the lingayat scripture, which also contains the vacanas, the historic stories and the verse biographies. |
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http://www.sivasakti.com/articles/tantra/kashmiri-shaivism-art142.html
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| | SivaSakti.COM - Vira Shaivism. Part 1 |
| | Being against the current of "spirituality" of their times, the lingayats have rejected the Veda-ic authority, the casts hierarchy, the system of the four dwellings, the multiplicity of gods, the religious service, the animal sacrifice, the | | | The practitioners of this tradition drew the roots of their belief beginning with the sages (risi) of the ancient times. | | | The tensions reached a peak in 1167, when a Brahman and a sudra (woman from an inferior cast, considered impure), both lingayat (adepts of the phallic cult of Shiva), got married. |
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http://www.sivasakti.com/articles/tantra/kashmiri-shaivism-art141.html
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| | Join Us |
| | Ask God to open the door of the gospel that the mystery of Christ may be proclaimed. | | | Join us in rejoicing in what God is doing among the Lingayat people of South India. | | | Pray for fruit that lasts and for God's favor to continue to cover them as a shield as they boldly share the gospel in Lingayat households. |
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http://www.peopleteams.org/lingayat/part.html
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| | GPD for the PDA |
| | Recently, however, there has been a very strong movement among Lingayats to convince its members that they are not Hindu, but are a religious minority. | | | Presently the Indian government and its laws only consider Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains as religious minorities who are entitled to these benefits. | | | Pray for the 12 mission agencies targeting the Lingayats and ask God to prepare the hearts of these self-sufficient people to receive Jesus as their savior.-JS |
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http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/pda/daily/2004-11-23.html
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| | Columns - Mahmood Farooqui - Lingua Indica |
| | The Lingayats believe in one God — Parashiva. | | | The Lingayats, who also call themselves Virshaiva are a South Indian Shaiva sect who were formed around the 12th century AD. | | | They consider their Guru, called Allama Prabhu, an incarnation of God. |
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http://web.mid-day.com/columns/mahmood_farooqui/2003/february/45393.htm
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| | archive: The cult of imported violence |
| | Chinna Basaweswar codified the religious code for the Lingayat community and he is revered as much as his uncle. | | | However, the Deendaris regard themselves as Sunni Muslims except that they regard the founder of the sect Syed Siddiq as a reincarnation of Chinna Basaweswar, the nephew of the charismatic social reformer saint of Karnataka, Lord Basaweswar, who founded the Lingayat sect. | | | As the Nizam too was interested in rapid spread of Islam, he offered the Deendars five acres of land at Hyderabad and the sect was headquartered there. |
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| | Greenwood Publishing Group I1 |
| | His sociological analyses of the monastic organization and social structure, the family and the community, the roles of women, and the future of the community emphasize the intricate relationship between religion and the social system. | | | This study of a largely unknown religious community demonstrates how the followers of Virasaivism, known as Lingayats, have been adapting to the changing milieu in North America while retaining the religion's core values. | | | "This book is an excellent study of various aspects of the unique culture of the Lingayats or followers of Virasaiva religious tradition facing rapid modernization in North America as well as in India." |
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http://info.greenwood.com/books/0313302/0313302510.html
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| | In All Things...Pray (SBCPRAY.NET) |
| | There is training available for them India so they can go back and train others to reach Lingayats for Christ and to start reproducible house churches among them. | | | The training will be in two capsules: The first five days, the participants will be taught more in-depth about Christian faith, how to witness and how to overcome barriers in reaching Lingayats. | | | The second five days will be in Bangalore, where the trainees will get hands-on church planting training. |
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http://www.inallthingspray.org/viewdetails.asp?id=4456
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| | Re: How doth the Great Parayan improve his shining tail, was Re: Karma and Dharma |
| | In Thurston's "Castes and Tribes of South India", some examples of castes () are Gaunders, Vanniyars, Nadars, Lingayats, Vokkalingas, Reddys, Kammas, Nairs, Nambiars, etc. Since the Gita doesn't talk of various like these, he says "Hindu shastra does not talk of various castes". |
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http://www.talkaboutabook.com/group/rec.arts.books/messages/476836.html
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| | The Shiva Linga - Images of Cosmic Manhood in Art and Mythology |
| | Lingam caskets are also worn by men and women on the left arm or by a Lingayat Jangam priest on the top of the head under a cloth cap. | | | Not surprisingly, a Lingayat woman menstruating continues to keep the linga on her body near her heart. | | | The Lingayata's are a unique community who do not believe in the caste system, and are known for their undiscriminating attitude towards all. |
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http://www.santosha.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=42
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| | CFAITH Article |
| | Unlike the Hindus, Lingayats reject the authority of the Vedas, oppose the authority of the Brahmins and the doctrine of transmigration of souls. | | | The Lingayats consider themselves to be separate from mainline Hinduism. | | | Lingayatism began in the 1100s in what is now Karnataka, India. |
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http://www.cfaith.com/GENERAL/article/0,6583,29-15882-HOME,00.asp
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| | Dalit Women and Affirmative /action |
| | Several females said that, among other things, there are caste-related and other problems between dalit women themselves; between muslims, lingayats and dalits; and between dalit christians and hindu dalits. | | | Affirmative action programs for women are dominated by upper caste hindu and biased towards their gender, religious, and cultural issues. | | | An older woman said that when she was a girl, "due to casteism there was no school for SCs in the village." |
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| | BookWebPro —m‘õ |
| | It demonstrates how the followers of Virasaivism, known as Lingayats, have been adapting to the changing milieu in North America while retaining the religion's core values. |
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http://bookwebpro.kinokuniya.co.jp/booksea.cgi?ISBN=0313302510&USID=
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| | Alibris: Lingayats |
| | Speaking of Basava: Lingayat Religion & Culture in South Asia |
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| | books indian rare reprint Modern religious movements in India |
| | The full defence of the old religion of 1870-1913 begining with Ramkrishna Paramhans and Sectarian movements in Hinduism like Madhvas, Chaitanya, Vaishnavas, Saivas and several southern reformers like Lingayats, Saktas are also mentioned by the author. |
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| | Rise And Fall Of Buddhist Nuns |
| | Jogam Shankar observes about Karnataka that, even in a village, where almost everybody worships Yellamma deity, including a dominant caste like Lingayats, who acknowledge Yellamma as their family deity, no single upper caste woman was dedicated to the deity. | | | Even in those places, where worship of Yellama is in vogue by other castes, the devadasis are all dalits. | | | But the practice is prevallent among lower castes like ex-untouchable including Holers, Madars and Samagars. |
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| | Basava -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Basava is the subject of the Basava-Purana, one of the sacred texts of the Hindu Lingayat sect. | | | According to South Indian oral tradition, he was the actual founder of the Lingayats, but study of Calukya inscriptions indicates… |
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http://www.encyclopaedia.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9013577
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| | The Hindu : Karnataka / Dharwad News : `Veerashaivas and Lingayats are same' |
| | The Hindu : Karnataka / Dharwad News : `Veerashaivas and Lingayats are same' | | | A two-day seminar on "Veerashaiva religion - a re-appraisal" has favoured putting an end to the controversy over the nomenclature of Veerashaivas of the pre-Basaveshwara and post-Basaveshwara eras. | | | The resolution said the term "Veerashaiva" was used as an alternative to the term "Lingayat" in Vachana Sahitya and other religious literature. |
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http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/14/stories/2004071403070300.htm
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| | The Siddiq Deendar Channabasaveswara Anjuman, MG Vol. 1 No. 13 |
| | It was in the course of his involvement with efforts to resist the Aryas that Siddiq Husain now claimed a divine mission for himself, which resulted in attacks not just from the Aryas and the Hindus but also from sections of the orthodox Muslims. | | | He penned a slim tract, titled Deendar Channaba-saveswara to assert his claims This, so the hagiographic accounts say, attracted the wrath of the Aryas, who instigated some Lingayats to kill him. | | | To prove his claims, it is said, he presented 56 bodily and 96 heavenly signs which, he claimed, had been mentioned in the books of the Lingayats in connection with the messiah who would appear in time to come. |
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http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15-7-2000/Art9.htm
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| | Vira Saivism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary on Vira Saivism |
| | Vira Saivites are proudly egalitarian and emphasize the personal relationship with Siva, rather than temple worship. | | | Followers, called Lingayats, Lingavantas or Sivasharanas, always wear a Sivalinga on their person. |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Vira_Saivism/id/62708
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| | South Asia-North, 1000-1400 A.D. Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| | The Shaiva Lingayats (or Virashaivas) of Karnataka in the west demonstrate a radical devotional orientation, challenging formal and hierarchical religious systems and asserting that god is only accessible outside of formal and ritual religious contexts. | | | The twelfth century witnesses the decline of Buddhism in Bihar and Bengal, as Sena power wanes. | | | The major Jain temples at Mount Abu are built through the patronage of the Jain ministers of Solanki kings. |
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| | Re: SRH Reorg FAQ |
| | Note that he can defend himself by saying that >he was giving an example if questioned later and also feel satisfied about >insulting shaivas. | | | Vivek Pai had posted on SRV >> argued that there is no "orthodox"(read western or >> semitic) way of defining Hinduism and made >> disparaging remarks about Lingayats. | | | I also do not know what "history of feuds... |
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| | Rediff On The NeT: Coalition politics takes a bizarre detour in Chamrajnagar |
| | For nearly 20 years now, Chamarajanagar, named after the Mysore king Chamaraja Wodeyar, has been a heady caste cauldron, with the scheduled castes firmly pitted against the majority Lingayats. | | | Murthy had to come to Chamarajanagar to canvass for Prasad. | | | The finger was pointed at M Rajashekhara Murthy, the quiet Lingayat leader, who was said to have ensured that members of his community did not vote for Prasad. |
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| | The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation |
| | It has now been brought under the “administrative control” of the HR and CE (State Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department) deputy commissioner, who is also in charge of the Murugan temple at Swamimalai, near Kumbakonam. | | | The mutt has a sizeable following in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and is supported by the Lingayats. | | | The Jayalalithaa regime took over the administration of the mutt belonging to the Veera Saiva sect for “alleged funds misappropriation and mismanagement”. |
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| | Seers call for unity among Lingayats - Deccan Herald |
| | Hence, politicians who come to power must come out of the barriers of caste and religion and work for the welfare of all,” the seer told the well-attended gathering at Malleshwara grounds. | | | Seers call for unity among Lingayats - Deccan Herald | | | The Government is trying to snub Lingayats who have been championing the cause of the downtrodden.” |
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar292004/s14.asp
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| | virasaivism |
| | (Redirected from Lingayat) Virasaivism is a religious movement of Hinduism in India. | | | The adherents are known as Veerashaivas, or more... |
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http://virasaivism.networklive.org
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| | The Lingayats, who continue to be pure vegetarians, are completely resistant to the gospel of Christ and live like distinct islands. | | | In the total population of Karnataka, the Lingayats, the Vokkaligas, and the Kurubas make the majority. |
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http://www.agapeindia.com/kar100.htm
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| | The Hindu : Karnataka News : Lingayats should unite: Yediyurappa |
| | The Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, B.S. Yediyurappa, today appealed to the Veerashaiva mathadhipatis to bring about unity among Lingayats putting aside all differences. | | | 5-croreVeerashaiva Bhavana on Bellary Road here, he said Rambhapuri Swamiji had recently tried to bring about unity among Lingayats but with little success. | | | It was the duty of the Veerashaiva mathadhipatis from all sections of the community to come together and work for their welfare, he added. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/10/24/stories/2004102404430500.htm
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