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News:The Prime Minister has released the translated version of the Shri Siddhant Shikhamani Granth in 19 languages and launched a mobile app of the Granth.
Facts:
About Siddhant Shikhamani:
- Siddhantha Shikhamani is a religious scripture of the Panchacharya tradition of Veerashaivas also known as Lingayatism.
- The scripture was written in Sanskrit and gives an elaboration of the primitive traits of Veerashaivism found in the Vedas and the Upanishads.
About Lingayat:
- The Lingayat also known as Veerashaiva community are devotees of Shiva.
- They follow the 12th-century saint-philosopher Basavanna who had rejected ritualistic worship and pre-eminence of the Vedas.
- They are strict monotheists.They worship only one God namely Linga (Shiva).
