Basavanna
Kannada philosopher-poet and social reformer whose vachanas (free-verse prose-poems) attacked caste, ritual, and religious hypocrisy with remarkable directness. He founded the Lingayat movement in Karnataka.
Kannada philosopher-poet and social reformer whose vachanas (free-verse prose-poems) attacked caste, ritual, and religious hypocrisy with remarkable directness. He founded the Lingayat movement in Karnataka.