Tag: Basava Jayanti

News:The Prime minister has greeted the people on the occasion of Basava Jayanthi,the Birth anniversary of Lord Basaveshwara. Facts: Basavanna was a 12th-century philosopher, founding saint of the Lingayat sect, Kannada poet and social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka. Contributions: He rejected gender or social discrimination, superstitions and… Continue reading Basava Jayanthi