Describe Basavanna's
attitude towards rituals.
How does he attempt to
convince the listener?
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Basavanna was a Jaina and the minister of Chalukya King. His followers were called the Virashavias or Lingayats. They worshipped Shiva as a linga.
ii. His cult and region belonged to Karnataka.
iii. Basavanna's attitude towards ritual challenged the idea of caste and the pollution attributed to the Brahmanas. He questioned the theory of rebirth. He did not practice funerary rights and gave stress on post-puberty marriage
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Lingayats believed that after death, the devotee will be united with Shiva. So, they do not practice funeral rites like cremation, instead they bury their dead. They were against the caste system and approved postpoverty marriage and widow remarriage.
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