लिंगायत कौन हैं? क्या ये हिंदू धर्म से अलग एक पंथ हैं? लिंगायत (Lingayat) दक्षिण भारत का एक प्रमुख धार्मिक समुदाय है, जो मुख्यतः कर्नाटक, महाराष्ट्र, आंध्र प्रदेश और तेलंगाना राज्यों में पाया जाता है। इनकी परंपरा का आरंभ 12वीं शताब्दी में समाज सुधारक और संत बसवेश्वर (Basavanna) द्वारा हुआ था। उन्होंने उस समय प्रचलित कठोर जाति व्यवस्था और अनावश्यक धार्मिक आडंबरों का विरोध करते हुए समानता, भक्ति और सेवा पर आधारित जीवन पद्धति अपनाने […]
“Walking God” Shivakumara Swamiji, 111-Year-Old Siddaganga Seer, Passes Away Tumkur, Karnataka. Shivakumara Swamiji, the 111-year-old Siddaganga seer passed away on Monday morning. Swamiji breathed his last at 11:44 am and the last rites will be held on Tuesday at 4:30 pm. The Lingayat seer was not in good health for the past two months. Dr. Shivakumara Swamiji, the chief pontiff of the Siddaganga Mutt, was also fondly called Nadedaduva Devaru or ‘Walking God’ by his followers. Shivakumara Swami […]
South India Religious News Updates ( 1st Week of May, 2018 ) Telangana : Vemulawada temple authorities to plant Ekabilva Recently authorities at the Sri Rajarajeshwara Swamy temple at Vemulavada have decided to plant a number of ‘Ekabilvam’ and ‘Mahabilvam’ trees, leaves of which are considered important for ‘Lingarchana’ ritual of Sri Rajarajeshwara Swamy. The temple authorities have decided to grow these trees in four acres at Thipppapur goshala, near Guruvaiahnagar, Nampally. They have already […]
Gauri Lankesh, Senior Journalist from Bengaluru, who recently was into news for being shot dead in her house by unknown assailants. The entire journalist fraternity has come in support of Gauri, describing her killing as undemocratic and killing of freedom of speech. Gauri was known atheist. But she never disturbed those who had beliefs and in fact respected them for their convictions. She seemed to have the belief that religion is way of life and […]
The High Court has remanded the case of Malingaraya/ Siddeshwar temple over to the trail court again back from the Ligayat community Trust. It looks like the issue of the ownership of the Malingaraya/Siddeshwar temple at Melkunda village in Kalaburgi is not likely to end anytime soon. Recently Trust members of Kuruba community have challenged the right of Lingayat’s on the temple administration in High Court. Sri Malingaraya Temple Charitable Trust filed a petition against […]
Lingayat community leaders in Karnataka have decided to form a Forum to up the ante on their demand for a separate religion status. The Leaders have said that they will float an all-India front, which will be an umbrella body of all Lingayat outfits in the country. A final decision on this will be taken after the Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha meeting scheduled to be held on August 10 in Bengaluru. In a press conference […]
Lingayatism – An Independent Religion : Dr.N.G.Mahadevappa Rtd. Professor of Philosophy “Chaitanya”, Fifth Cross, Kalyan Nagar, DHARWAD – 580007. (Karnataka, India) There is a general misconception that Lingayatism is a sub-sect of Shaivism, which is itself a sect of Hinduism and that Lingayats are Shudras. But the truth based on textual evidence and reasoning is that Lingayatism is not a sect or sub-sect of Hinduism, but an independent religion. This can be shown as follows. […]
