When Basavanna was born to the couple, the new-born baby was still without any movement. He was a religious and kind person engaged in charity and was a philanthropist. Moksa or liberation is from the chain of birth, death and rebirth. This page has the collection of the Basavanna Vachanagalu in Kannada Script. Basavanna has composed very many songs simple but those caused a devotional revolution in Karnataka. Formless God) Shiva-focussed Bhakti movement and a social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka, India. Basavanna (ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) was a 12th-century Lingayat philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet in the Niraakaara (i.e. He was disgusted to see ill-culture in the name of God and felt pity for the illiterate innocent non-Brahmins being deceived in the name of God. He had thorough knowledge of Sanskrit and Kannada languages. He had completed study of Vedas, Puranas, Shastras etc. Madaras and Madalambe were of Veerashaiva-Brahmin community.īasavanna spent ten years with his Guru in Kudala Sangama. Veerashaiva Brahmins are worshippers of Personal Linga (Istalinga) but they do not wear Linga on their person but keep their Linga in the pooja room. It is definite that Basavanna was born in Veerashaiva Brahmin family. They are half Brahmins and half Veerashaivas. Kamme Brahmins are also called Aradhyas and Smartha Brahmins. Madaras and Madalambe were parents of Basavanna.
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