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Quotes

• “Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,things standing shall fall,but the moving ever shall stay.”
• “In a brahmin housewhere they feed the fire as a godwhen the fire goes wild and burns the housethey splash on itthe water of the gutter and the dust of the street,beat their breastsand call the crowd.These men then forget their worshipand scold their fire,O lord of the meeting rivers!””
• “Make your body the temple of God.”
• “The richWill make temples for Sivawhat shall I, a poor man, do?My legs are pillars, the body the shrine, the head the cupola of gold,Listen, O! Lord:Standing things shall fall,that which moves shall stay”
• “Though shall not steal nor kill;Not speak a lie;Be angry with no one, Nor scorn another man;Nor glory in thyself;Nor others hold you to blame This is your inward purity;This is your outward purity;This is the way to win our Lord:Kudalasangama”
• “Have faith in creator of this universe believe that he is omnipresent and Supreme power.”

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Key facts

Lingayat leader.name

Basava

Lingayat leader.image

Basava Gaint Statue 108 feet, Basava Kalyana.JPG

Lingayat leader.birth_date

1131

Lingayat leader.birth_place

Basavana Bagewadi, Kalyani Chalukya Empire now in Vijayapura district, Karnataka, India

Lingayat leader.death_date

1196 (aged 65)

Lingayat leader.death_place

Kudalasangama, Hoysala Kingdom now in Bagalkote district, Karnataka, India

Lingayat leader.sect

Lingayat /Lingayatism (Sharana)

Lingayat leader.known_for

Socio-religious reforms, Anubhava Mantapa, Vachana literature, Women empowerment movement in South India, Founder of Lingayatism

Lingayat leader.literary_works

Vachanaas

Lingayat leader.religion

Hinduism

Lingayat leader.honorific prefix

Jagajyoti

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Wikidata facts

Image

Guru Basava.png

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