The Veerashaiva or Lingayat Community
First Online: June 20, 2009
Page Last Updated: August 20, 2024
Introduction to the Lingayats
By popular request, we are compiling this new area bringing together in one place, many rare photographs, illustrations and research papers on the Veerashaiva (a.k.a. Lingayats) Community of India. These include pictures from "Basava Purana", obscure Veerashaiva temples, important leaders and common people.
| Promise Literature The Vachana literature of Veerashaiva saints is full of beauty and inspiration. |
Dalit Saint Peddi Biography of medieval Veerashaiva saint Urilinga Peddi and why his kind is rare in the caste ridden Indian society. |
The Lingayats
- Cowherd-Saint Ramanna (c1160 CE) -- Amma's Column on Aug 07, 2009
- Allama Prabhu of Virakta Sampradaya (an ascetic tradition)
- Basaveshwara, the Revolutionary Saint
- Cover of Basava Purana Palm-leaf Manuscript
- Hardekar Manjappa (1886-1947)
- Illustrated Veerashiva Text
- A Lingayat Temple
- A Lingayat Swamiji
- List of Prominent Lingayats
- Picture of Akkanagamma
- Saint Basaveshwara
- Veerashaiva Pontiff Urilinga Peddi
- Veerashaiva (Lingayat) temples of Uluvi
- Worship of Linga
See Also:
- Emerald Coast -- Articles and pictures of Uttara Kannada (North Kanara) district documented over five decades.
