Basaveshwara and His Contemporary Sharana’s Monuments of Basavakalyana:A Historical Study

SHANTAVVA K PUJAR

Basaveshwara and His Contemporary Sharana’s Monuments of Basavakalyana:A Historical Study

Author(s)	Dr. SHANTAVVA K PUJAR
Country	India
Abstract	Abstract The Bhakti Saint Basavaveshwara, also known as Basavanna (1106–1167)) was a philosopher and a social reformer, who fought against social evils of his time such as caste system and the ritual practices of Hinduism. His teachings and philosophy transcend all boundaries and address the universal and eternal. Basava was a great humanitarian, who advocated a new way of life, in which divine experience was at the center of life and where caste, gender and social distinctions carried no special importance. The cornerstone of his movement was the firm monotheistic belief in God as the absolute and universal supreme Self-identified as Lord Shiva, and the equality and dignity of all individual beings irrespective of their social and gender status. A true visionary, who was born ahead of his time, he envisioned a society based on sound religious, moral and spiritual values, encompassing one and all. Besides serving the people as a great reformer and a great mystic, he also served as the Prime Minister of the Southern Kalachuri Empire in South India and originated a literary revolution by introducing Vachana Sahitya (Lit. vachana = sayings, prose). Basava is said to have been a mystic by temperament, an idealist by choice, a statesman by profession, a man of letters by taste, a humanist by sympathy, and a social reformer by conviction. Many great yogis and mystics of the time joined his movement, enriching it with the essence of divine experience in the form of Vachanas that define a new way of looking at God and life. Basava's path later gave birth to a new tradition (sampradaya), which became popular in the south as the Lingavanta Dharma or Lingayata movement. Other synonyms for Lingayata are Basava Dharma, Sharana Dharma, Vachana Dharma.
Keywords	Veerashaivism, Anubhava Mantapa, Social Transformation, Gender, Empowerment, Entrench, Lopamudra, Ghosa, Indräni, and Sachi.
Field	Sociology > Archaeology / History
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-04-12

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