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Panchamasali Lingayat protest ends; Siddaramaiah to meet legislators on reservation

BENGALURU, BELAGAVI: Panchamasali Lingayat community’s agitation, which showed all signs of turning intense with each passing day, seems to have subsided for now with Kudalasangama pontiff Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swamiji calling off the protest on Thursday. Exhausted after a day’s fasting, the pontiff ended his protest after Panchamasali Lingayat leaders, including former minister CC Patil persuaded him to do so. The …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

Hindustan Times

A Lingayat Panchamsali seer has labeled Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as "anti-Lingayat," asserting that no previous government had treated the community this way during their peaceful protests over the past four years. According to Deccan Herald, Basav Jaymritunjay Swamiji of Panchamsali Peetha, Kudalasangama, said Siddaramaiah was misleading the public about inviting Lingayat Panchamsali leaders for talks on the 2A reservation …

Karnataka Lingayat Protest Siddaramaiah 2A Reservation Panchamsali Seer

4 weeks, 2 days ago

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

Hindustan Times

A Lingayat Panchamsali seer has labeled Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as "anti-Lingayat," asserting that no previous government had treated the community this way during their peaceful protests over the past four years. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to Deccan Herald, Basav Jaymritunjay Swamiji of Panchamsali Peetha, Kudalasangama, said Siddaramaiah was misleading the public about inviting Lingayat Panchamsali leaders for talks …

Karnataka Lingayat Protest Siddaramaiah Seer 2A Reservation

1 month ago

Lingayat Panchamasali Protest Demands 2A Reservation Clarity

Deccan Chronicle

Belagavi: Lingayat Panchamasali Seer Basavajaya Mrityunjay Swamiji announced that the protest demanding 2A reservation for the Panchamasali community will be held as scheduled on December 10. “We will commence the ‘Panchamasali Sangharsha Samavesha’ at the venue in front of Suvarna Soudha premises at 10 am, and the program will continue until 1 pm. If the Chief Minister hands us the …

2A Reservation Panchamasali Reservation Clarity

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lingayat seer demands changing Pralhad Joshi as Dharwad's BJP candidate: ‘His personality is really bad’

Hindustan Times

Lingayat seers in Karnataka have called for replacing Union minister Pralhad Joshi as the candidate from Dharwad constituency for the Lok Sabha elections. Fakkira Dingaleshwar Swamiji, the pontiff of Fakkireshwar mutt, told ANI,"Seers from Karnataka have held discussions about Dharwad constituency MP. So, this decision has been taken.We will have to wait till April 2.We are not talking about the …

Karnataka Lingayat Lok Sabha Bjp Joshi Dharwad Seer

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lingayat seer demands changing Pralhad Joshi as Dharwad's BJP candidate: ‘His personality is really bad’

Hindustan Times

Lingayat seers in Karnataka have called for replacing Union minister Pralhad Joshi as the candidate from Dharwad constituency for the Lok Sabha elections. So, this decision has been taken.We will have to wait till April 2.We are not talking about the party, we are talking about Pralhad Joshi and his personality,” the seer said on Thursday. Pralhad Joshi has been …

Karnataka Lingayat Lok Sabha Bjp Joshi Dharwad Seer

1 year ago

Orange versus saffron in Karnataka, again

Hindustan Times

Once more, Karnataka is set for an “orange” versus “saffron” battle. In 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then chief minister B S Yediyurappa began the task of cohering Basava’s Anubhava Mantapa to “Sanatana Pragatipara”, a progressive Hinduism. But many important Lingayat Swamis have held on to Basava’s 12th century rebellion as marking not only the repudiation of Brahminical Hinduism …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka: Top Lingayat Maths draw political visitors ahead of May 10 polls

Deccan Chronicle

Hubli: Shri Siddaroodha Swami Math and Moorusavir Math, the two top Lingayat shrines in Karnataka, are yet again the centre of attention of key political players vying for power in the poll-bound state. In a clear hint that the saffron party is yet again falling back on its traditional Lingayat vote bank as they bid to return to power, BJP …

Karnataka Political Congress Bjp Shri Blessings Saffron

2 years, 2 months ago

Lingayat Seer Suicide Case: Honey-trapped Swami's Video Chat With Woman Surfaces

News 18

Days after Lingayat seer Basavalinga Sree of Kanchugal Mutt in Ramanagar district died by suicide raising suspicion of him being honey-trapped, an alleged clip of a video chat of the deceased with a woman surfaced on public domain on Thursday. They claim that the deceased seer used to wear gold karadige which is missing and that he wore rudraksha mala …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka Police Set To Arrest Lingayat Seer Facing Sexual Assault Charges

ABP News

The Karnataka police are preparing to arrest prominent Lingayat seer Dr Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who is facing charges of sexually exploiting minor girls, police sources stated on Monday. Karnataka police have lodged a POCSO case against the accused Lingayat seer following a complaint by two minor girls. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had stated that an FIR under Pocso has been …

Karnataka Lingayat Girls Case Accused Minister Fir

2 years, 7 months ago

K'taka textbook row: Lingayat seers urge CM Bommai to correct wrong description of social reformer Basavanna

India Today

Amid the escalating controversy over the revision of textbooks in Karnataka, Basavalinga Pattadevaru, the President of the Lingayat Mutts Union has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Pattadevaru has urged Bommai to correct the mistakes in the current syllabus regarding twelfth century social reformer Basavanna's teachings. CHANGES DAMAGING BASVANNA IDEALS In another development, Sanehalli Seer Panditaradhya Shivacharya …

Education Karnataka Social Social Reformer Lingayat Kannada Complaint

2 years, 8 months ago

After contractors, now Lingayat seer accuses Karnataka govt of taking 30% cut for grants to mutts

India Today

A seer from Karnataka has alleged that grants are given to mutts only after the state government takes a 30% commission as a ‘cut’. After initially refusing to resign from his post, KS Eshwarappa tendered his resignation on Friday, stating, “I decided to resign because I don't want to put in an uncomfortable situation those who helped me rise to …

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2 years, 9 months ago

BJP Rolls Out 'Mission 150+' Plan for Karnataka Assembly Polls, Switches Focus to 'Labharthi'

News 18

After the party won four out of five states in the recent assembly polls, the BJP has started preparations for the Karnataka assembly polls scheduled mid next year. Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the southern state to take stock of the preparations and asked the party cadre to hit the ground running to achieve ‘Mission 150+’. The Karnataka …

Karnataka Assembly Lingayat Party Work State Shah

2 years, 9 months ago

Why Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah are making a beeline for Siddaganga Mutt

Hindustan Times

On Thursday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi cisited the Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru, Karnataka. BJP president Amit Shah meeting the then chief pontiff of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swamiji, in Tumakuru. The mutt also runs about 126 educational institutes all over the state and is said to be providing free education to more than 9000 poor students without discrimination of caste and …

Karnataka Lingayat Rahul Gandhi Swamiji Mutt Siddaganga Mutt Sri Shivakumara

3 years, 4 months ago

BJP in Fix as Karnataka Sees Fresh Lingayat Stir, Seers Blame BSY Son for 'Misguiding' Ex-CM on Quota

News 18

Karnataka seems headed for another agitation demanding better reservation by the dominant Lingayat community, the primary votebank of the BJP, barely six months after the first one. Seers from the Panchamsali sub-sect of the community, who form almost 70 per cent of all Lingayats, are launching a month-long campaign to pressure the government for reservation under the 2A OBC quota. …

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$Muslim youth to be head of Lingayat math: \'Humanity is the biggest religion\'$

4 years, 10 months ago

Muslim youth to be head of Lingayat math: \'Humanity is the biggest religion\'

Deccan Chronicle

Hubballi: A 33-year-old Muslim youth is all set to become the head of a Lingayat math in Asuti village of Ron taluk in Gadag district of Karnataka. Rahimansab, the late father of the Muslim youth, was a staunch follower of Basavanna’s philosophy and Khajuri math for more than three decades. The seer has taught the Muslim youth, who has studied …

Youth Lingayat Muslim Seer Khajuri Basavanna Muslim Youth

5 years, 8 months ago

Hubballi: Vinay Kulkarni changes track, tries to woo Veerashaivas

Deccan Chronicle

Hubballi: Former minister Vinay Kulkarni of the Congress party is leaving no stone unturned to appease the Veerashaiva seers, who had vehemently opposed his movement for independent religion status for the Lingayats, as part of his strategy to win these Lok Sabha polls from Dharwad. In a damage control exercise, the Lingayat leader is working hard to strike a rapport …

Lingayat Congress Lok Sabha Kulkarni Dharwad Lingayats Veerashaiva

5 years, 9 months ago

Hubballi: Lingayat issue resurfaces as Lok Sabha polls approach

Deccan Chronicle

Hubballi: The Lingayat movement appears to be resurfacing with both the Congress and BJP trying to woo the community once again for the approaching Lok Sabha elections. While Congress leaders like former Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah and minister D K Shivakumar have admitted that support for the Lingayat movement for an independent religious status, had cost the party in the May …

Community Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Centre Lingayat Movement Independent Religion Status

5 years, 11 months ago

Bharat Ratna demand for Shivakumara Swami: Chorus grows as Kumaraswamy, Yeddyurappa urge Centre to honour Lingayat seer

Firstpost

Initially, it was Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who urged the Centre to confer the prestigious award on the seer. In Karnataka, where drama between the Congress-JD and the BJP had taken over state politics for the past few days, the rival sides have come together to raise one demand: Bharat Ratna for Shivakumara Swami, the prominent Lingayat seer who passed …

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5 years, 11 months ago

Politicians take to Twitter to condole demise of Shivakumara Swamiji; Kharge demands Bharat Ratna for Siddaganga Mutt seer

Firstpost

Shivakumara Swamiji, the highly revered pontiff of the influential Lingayats, the major community in Karnataka, was a recipient of Padma Bhushan and Karnataka Ratna, the highest state civilian award. pic.twitter.com/Tp6o5ULU2d — Narendra Modi January 21, 2019 Congress chief Rahul also took to Twitter to condole the death of Siddaganga Mutt chief, saying his demise leaves behind a “deep spiritual void”. …

Society Karnataka Lingayat Congress Twitter Kharge Kumaraswamy

5 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi condoles demise of Lingayat leader Shivakumara Swamiji, says seer lived for 'poor and vulnerable'

Firstpost

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the demise of a prominent Lingayat seer, saying he lived for the people, especially the poor. His Holiness Dr. Sree Sree Sree Sivakumara Swamigalu lived for the people, especially the poor and vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/AqgOLgqTrn — Narendra Modi January 21, 2019 “His holiness Dr Sree Sree Sree Sivakumara Swamigalu lived for the people, especially …

Modi Narendra Modi Narendra His Holiness Sree Lingayat Seer Shivakumara Swamiji

5 years, 11 months ago

Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga mutt passes away at 111; three-day mourning declared in Karnataka

Firstpost

Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swamiji of the Siddaganga mutt passed away at the age of 111 years on Monday. Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swamiji of the Siddaganga mutt passed away at the age of 111 on Monday. Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy: Siddaganga Math seer Sri Shivakumara Swamiji passed away at 11.44 am today. pic.twitter.com/xG9O70vSbE — ANI January 21, 2019 Karnataka chief minister …

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Panchamasali Lingayat protest ends; Siddaramaiah to meet legislators on reservation

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

'Siddaramaiah is anti-Lingayat': Seer slams Karnataka CM amid 2A reservation issue

Lingayat Panchamasali Protest Demands 2A Reservation Clarity

Lingayat seer demands changing Pralhad Joshi as Dharwad's BJP candidate: ‘His personality is really bad’

Lingayat seer demands changing Pralhad Joshi as Dharwad's BJP candidate: ‘His personality is really bad’

Orange versus saffron in Karnataka, again

Karnataka: Top Lingayat Maths draw political visitors ahead of May 10 polls

Lingayat Seer Suicide Case: Honey-trapped Swami's Video Chat With Woman Surfaces

Karnataka Police Set To Arrest Lingayat Seer Facing Sexual Assault Charges

K'taka textbook row: Lingayat seers urge CM Bommai to correct wrong description of social reformer Basavanna

After contractors, now Lingayat seer accuses Karnataka govt of taking 30% cut for grants to mutts

BJP Rolls Out 'Mission 150+' Plan for Karnataka Assembly Polls, Switches Focus to 'Labharthi'

Why Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah are making a beeline for Siddaganga Mutt

BJP in Fix as Karnataka Sees Fresh Lingayat Stir, Seers Blame BSY Son for 'Misguiding' Ex-CM on Quota

Muslim youth to be head of Lingayat math: \'Humanity is the biggest religion\'

Hubballi: Vinay Kulkarni changes track, tries to woo Veerashaivas

Hubballi: Lingayat issue resurfaces as Lok Sabha polls approach

Bharat Ratna demand for Shivakumara Swami: Chorus grows as Kumaraswamy, Yeddyurappa urge Centre to honour Lingayat seer

Politicians take to Twitter to condole demise of Shivakumara Swamiji; Kharge demands Bharat Ratna for Siddaganga Mutt seer

Narendra Modi condoles demise of Lingayat leader Shivakumara Swamiji, says seer lived for 'poor and vulnerable'

Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga mutt passes away at 111; three-day mourning declared in Karnataka