Siddhantha Shikhamani, which is regarded as an important holy book for the Veerashaivas. This text is likely an 8th century work, and it likely contains the...

Lingayatism is a Hindu denomination based on Shaivism. Initially known as Veerashaivas, since the 12th-century adherents of this faith are known as Lingayats...

monks. They are the priests (Gurus) of the Hindu Shaiva sect, Gurus of Veerashaiva sect and are disciples of Shiva as mentioned in Basava Puranas. The meaning...

popular. Several works are attributed to Basava, which are revered in the Veerashaiva Lingayat community. These include various Vachana such as the Shat-sthala-vachana...

journalism and the judiciary. In 1926, the Bombay High Court ruled that "the Veerashaivas are not Shudras." Lingayat Vani belonged to the upper caste and therefore...

was used as the means by which Veerashaiva religious and philosophical thought was propagated. Other giants of veerashaiva theosophy, including Akka Mahadevi...

authors wrote about Tirthankaras and other aspects of religion. The Veerashaiva authors wrote about Shiva, his 25 forms, and the expositions of Shaivism...

consisted of writings relating to the socio-religious developments of the Veerashaiva and Vaishnava faiths, and to a lesser extent to that of Jainism. Writing...

writings relating to the socio-religious developments of the Jain and Veerashaiva faiths, and to a lesser extent that of the Vaishnava faith. The earliest...

is a small chapel on the back of the church on the mezzanine floor. Veerashaiva Basava Balaga, a social organization was started in 2017 to spread the...