Vachanas of the Shiva Sharanas of the 11th and 12th centuries are regarded among Karnataka’s greatest contributions to Indian thought and literature. A few scholars have translated them from Kannada ...

Bengaluru: FormerCM and MP Basavaraja Bommai said that today, Kannada is facing challenges both from Kannadigas themselves and from outsiders. Southern neighboring languages do not accept ...

The state cabinet of Karnataka has declared 12th-century social reformer Basavanna as the cultural leader of the state and named Freedom Park in Shivamogga city after mystic-saint Vachana poet, Allama ...

Forces that promote violence in the name of religion have emerged, and if the 12th-century social reformer Basavanna's principles are followed, solutions to all their problems can be found, said ...

Bidar: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, while being honored at Basava Kalyana by Swamijis and religious leaders of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community for declaring Basavanna as the cultural leader of ...

There is no denying the ever-present need to showcase Basavanna’s liberal, inclusive ideas in every kind of forum To Bengalureans who grew up in the 1980s, Republic Day brings a specific whiff of ...

Cheluvarayaswamy on Saturday said that the eight Jnanpith awards bestowed on Kannada literature stand as a testimony to the richness of the language. “The Vachanas of Basavanna, Dasa Keerthanegalu, ...

To Bengalureans who grew up in the 1980s, Republic Day brings a specific whiff of nostalgia – watching, on Doordarshan, the RD parade, live streamed from foggy Rajpath. That tradition is now past, but ...