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    population. Lingayatism is derived from the Sanskrit root lingam "mark, symbol" and the suffix ayta. The adherents of Lingayatism are known as "Lingayats". In...
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  • Lingayat, also known as Veerashaiva /ˈvɪərəʃaɪvə/, are a community in India who adhere to Lingayatism,not a sect under Hinduism. This is a list of notable...
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  • Virashaiva poet Palkuriki Somanatha, the author of the scripture of Lingayatism, for example asserted, "Virashaivism fully conformed to the Vedas and...
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  • Sadar Lingayats (Kannada:ಸಾದರ ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ), sometimes also spelled as Sadhu Lingayats, are sub-caste of Veerashaiva ( Lingayat ) community that inhabit Central...
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    Lingam (section Lingayatism)
    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...
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    Shivakumara Swami (category Lingayatism)
    spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Veerashaiva (Lingayatism ) religious figure. Swami joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka...
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    Allama Prabhu (category Lingayatism)
    follows the Vedas instead of the Agamas, although Allamaprabhu, and Lingayatism in general, has also been specifically characterized as showing similarities...
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  • Lingayat Education Association is an education institution that was established by Rao Bahadur Gurusiddappa V. Gilaganchi and Rao Bahadur Rudragouda C...
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  • Ambigara Chowdaiya (category Lingayat poets)
    who went to Kalyan, joined the Virasaiva movement there and followed Lingayatism. Influenced by Basava, his somewhat crude writings were critical of the...
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    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...
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