population. Lingayatism is derived from the Sanskrit root lingam "mark, symbol" and the suffix ayta. The adherents of Lingayatism are known as "Lingayats". In...

Lingayat, also known as Veerashaiva /ˈvɪərəʃaɪvə/, are a community in India who adhere to Lingayatism,not a sect under Hinduism. This is a list of notable...

Virashaiva poet Palkuriki Somanatha, the author of the scripture of Lingayatism, for example asserted, "Virashaivism fully conformed to the Vedas and...

Sadar Lingayats (Kannada:ಸಾದರ ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ), sometimes also spelled as Sadhu Lingayats, are sub-caste of Veerashaiva ( Lingayat ) community that inhabit Central...

Lingayat Education Association is an education institution that was established by Rao Bahadur Gurusiddappa V. Gilaganchi and Rao Bahadur Rudragouda C...

adherents of this faith are known as Lingayats. This tradition originated in Karnataka around the 12th-century. Lingayatism is derived from the term linga and...

spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Veerashaiva (Lingayatism ) religious figure. Swami joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka...

follows the Vedas instead of the Agamas, although Allamaprabhu, and Lingayatism in general, has also been specifically characterized as showing similarities...

who went to Kalyan, joined the Virasaiva movement there and followed Lingayatism. Influenced by Basava, his somewhat crude writings were critical of the...

adherents wear. Large communities of Lingayats are found in the south Indian state of Karnataka and nearby regions. Lingayatism has its own theological literature...