Lingayat
(Search results - 29)IndiaMar 14, 2019, 5:31 PM IST
Mate Mahadevi, Lingayat leader who spearheaded campaign for separate Lingayat religion no more
Mate Mahadevi was 74 years old and was being treated at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru where she suffered multi-organ failure.
IndiaJan 28, 2019, 2:59 PM IST
Lingayat leader Mate Mahadevi slams Siddaganga Mutt junior seer for decision to tonsure 8000 students
Lingayat leader Mate Mahadevi said that tonsuring heads of the 8000 students of the Mutt is a superstition and the belief of Vaidiks and not Lingayats. Siddaganga Mutt is a Lingayat Mutt and professes principles of social reformer Basavanna.
IndiaJan 23, 2019, 2:43 PM IST
Karnataka Congress accuses BJP of 'poaching'; JD(S) enjoys the show
With V Somanna, another Lingayat leader expressing unhappiness with the BJP, JD(S) resorts to poaching to fill vacuum of prominent community leaders
IndiaJan 23, 2019, 11:55 AM IST
Shivakumara Swamiji no more: Student schools devotee over unfinished food, returns plate
One of the devotees who visited the Siddaganga Mutt to pay his last respects to Shivakumara Swamiji was served food at the mutt. The man tried to throw the unfinished food, when a student returned the disposal plate to him and asked him to throw it after finishing the food
IndiaJan 22, 2019, 10:31 AM IST
Shivakumara Swamiji no more: PM Modi to miss funeral in Tumakuru
Here is the reason why PM Narendra Modi will not attend Shivakumar Swamiji's last rites in Tumakuru, Karnataka.
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Lingayat leaders wanted grant of separate religion status, says Siddaramaiah
The Lingayat sect was founded by the 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara, whose belief revolved around social justice, benevolence and piety
ViewsNov 11, 2018, 6:37 PM IST
Ideological confusion over Tipu Jayanti, Lingayats cost BJP Ballari by-poll
When Sriramulu was a BJP MP, he was seen wishing people of Ballari in Karnataka during Tipu Jayanti. He changed his stand subsequently. He took no clear position on the Lingayat issue. Besides MLA Sriramulu's ideological confusion, the party's Ballari candidate J Shantha might have lost the by-election also because some party leaders in other parts of Karnataka were equally listless.
IndiaOct 30, 2018, 6:55 PM IST
Karnataka by-election: Congress void turns beneficial for BJP in poll-bound districts (Video commentary)
After the mess the Congress created among the Lingayat community, it turns into an opportunity for the BJP to step up in constituencies like Jamkhandi and Shivamogga during Karnataka by-election.
IndiaOct 22, 2018, 7:47 PM IST
Karnataka: Congress divided over according separate religion status to Lingayats in by-poll season
Contradicting statements of Congress leaders regarding the Lingayats’ religious status will be leave the ruling party a weaker contestant at the Karnataka by-election.
IndiaOct 18, 2018, 5:36 PM IST
IndiaOct 18, 2018, 3:40 PM IST
Karnataka: Congress leader regrets Lingayat card played during election; seeks forgiveness (Video)
Several Congress leaders brought up the issue of recommending Lingayats as a separate religion during Karnataka election in May. Congress leader DK Shivakumar regrets the move.