Basava

1105 – 1167

Organized a devotional and social-reform movement rejecting caste hierarchy and ritual privilege, foundational to Lingayat tradition.

• c. 1105–1167

  Organized a devotional and social-reform movement rejecting caste hierarchy and ritual privilege, foundational to Lingayat tradition

  Organized a devotional and social-reform movement rejecting caste hierarchy and ritual privilege, foundational to Lingayat tradition.