Write short note on “Virashaiva tradition”. class 12th
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The Virashaiva tradition in Karnataka:
They worship Shiva in his manifestation as a linga, and men usually wear a small linga in a silver case on a loop strung over the left shoulder. ... Lingayats believe that on death the devotee will be united with Shiva and will not return to this world.
The twelfth century witnessed the emergence of a new movement in Karnataka, led by a Brahmana named Basavanna (1106-68) who was initially a Jaina and a minister in the court of a Chalukya king.
His followers were known as Virashaivas (heroes of Shiva) or Lingayats (wearers of the linga
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