population. Lingayatism is derived from the Sanskrit root linga (Shiva's mark) and Sanskrit 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, a sect under Hinduism. This is a list of notable...

Sadar Lingayats (Kannada:ಸಾದರ ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ), sometimes also spelled as Sadhu Lingayats, are a Lingayat community that inhabit Central Karnataka region of the...

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...

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for more than 250,000; Lingayats for around 200,000; Deevaru for 160,000; Muslims for 150,000; and Brahmins...

Siddaganga Matha (also called Siddaganga Kshetra) is a Lingayatism matha with an attached educational institution. The matha was established by Sri Haradanahally...

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

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

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

Anubhava Mantapa where Lingayatism was expounded. This was to form the basis of the Lingayat faith and its followers, the Lingayats, account for 17% of the...

established the Anubhava Mantapa where Lingayatism was expounded. Nearly 29% population of Karnataka belongs to Lingayat sect. Jainism had a stronghold in...

The Aikya Mantapa or the holy Samādhi of Basavanna, the founder of the Lingayatism along with Linga, which is believed to be self-born (Swayambhu), is here...

entity, with a split arising when the Devanga element took up Shaivite Lingayatism or Veerashaivism while the Padmashalis were Vaishnavs. While some Devangas...

propagated the loosely existing Lingayatism. He convinced Bijjala II to grant a land near Abdlur for a temple of Shiva. Lingayatism gradually expanded. It was...

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

Karnatak Lingayat Education Technological University, formerly known as B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology (BVBCET), colloquially...

district, Maharashtra, India. It is sacred to Hindus and members of the Lingayat faith. There is a lake within the temple complex. The temple is dedicated...

of Basavanna and Panchacharyas who worship god through "istalinga". Lingayatism is a sect of Hinduism and worship Shiva in the form of Linga. Varna (class)...

Tamil Nadu under Hoysala rule. Some of the Malenadu Vokkaligas took to Lingayatism. The Keladi Nayakas were Malava Gowdas of Veerashaiva faith. Hallikkar...

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Swaminarayan Shaivism Shaiva Siddhanta Ganapatya Kashmiri Kapalika Kaumaram Lingayatism Nath Balinese Shaktism Smartism Sauraism Śrauta Sant Mat Neo-Hinduism...

Jain, Koli-Mahadeo, Lingayat, Chambhar, Muslim, and Panchal families are landless and among them the Jain, Koli-Mahadeo, Lingayat, and Panchal families...

patronised by the Hoysala king, Vishnuvardhana. In the twelfth century, Lingayatism emerged in northern Karnataka as a protest against the rigidity of the...

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Institute of Technology and Management, Shimoga. Raghavendra belongs to the Lingayat community, a dominant community in Karnataka. He is the son of ex Chief...

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the God). In Lingayat theology, Ishtalinga is an oval-shaped emblem symbolising Parasiva, the absolute reality. Contemporary Lingayatism follows a progressive...

Kaula: Trika-Yamala-Kubjika-Netra Others Nath Inchegeri Veerashaiva/Lingayatism Siddharism Sroutaism Aghori Indonesian Scholars Lakulisha Abhinavagupta...

a radical voice among Lingayat. Kalburgi's life work has been to provide insights and raise new perspectives into the Lingayat history and community,...

and devotional traditions (Dvaita), such as Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta and Lingayatism. Shiva temples feature items such as linga, Shiva-Parvati iconography...