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Basavakalyan [Wikipedia Article]
Basavakalyan is a town in Bidar District of the state of Karnataka, India, and was histori...
published: 18 Sep 2013
Basavakalyan [Wikipedia Article]
Basavakalyan is a town in Bidar District of the state of Karnataka, India, and was historically known as Kalyan.
History
Basavakalyan's history dates back to 3000 years with its name being mentioned in Guru Charitra.
Before India's independence, Basavakalyan was called Kalyani. After independence and division of states on linguistic basis in 1956, Kalyana was renamed as BasavaKalyana in memory of Vishwaguru Basavanna, a great revolutionary who established Anubhava Mantapa (spiritual democracy) in 12th century India.
Basavakalyana was ruled by Western Chalukyas, Kalachuris, Yadavas of Devagiri, Bahamani Sultanate (Bidar, Gulbarga), Bijapur Sultanate, Mughals, Hyderabad Nizams.
Western Chalukyas
It was the royal capital of the Western Chalukya (Kalyani Chalukyas) dynasty from 1050 to 1195. Somesvara I (1041-1068) made Kalyana as his capital, recognised as Kalyani Chalukyas to differentiate with Badami Chalukyas. Later ruled by Somesvara II, Vikramaditya VI, Somesvara III, Jagadhekamalla III and Tailapa III. Before this Manyakheta was their capital. During the 10th-12th centuries ruled nearly half of India, most of the western Deccan and South India. King Vikramaditya VI had scholars in his court such as Someshwara, Bilhana (poet of Kashmir) and Vigyaneshwara (legal expert).
Kalyani Chalukya architecture
The earliest examples of the Kalyani Chalukya style are found at Kuknur. The Kalleshvara and Navalinga temples here bear resemblances to early Chalukya group of Aihole and Pattadkal. The Jaina temple at Lakkundi near Gadag forms the nest step in the improvement of this style introducing a greater ornamental effec in the treatment of the surface.
The Kalyani style of architecture reached its maturity and culmination in the 12th century. Kasi Vishveshvara at Lakkundi, Mallikarjuna at Kuruvatti and Mahadeva Temple (Itagi) are the finest examples produced by the later Chalukya architects. The Saraswathi and Someshwara temples at Gadag are in a mutilated condition. There are nearly one hundred monuments of the period, scattered all over the Deccan, giving us information about the artistic excellence attained by the later Chalukyas of Kalyani.
Kalachuris
Kalachuris succeeded Kalyani Chalukyas continued Kalyani as there capital. During the 12th century the Kalachuri King Bijjala (1156-1167) assumed the throne, and Basaveshwara was appointed as his prime minister. Basaveshwara led a social movement to stop untouchability and gender discrimination, Shivasharana revolution took place. Basaveshwara motivated many with the Vachana sahitya, and more than 600 people became writers called Vachanakaras.
Centre of social and religious movement
The centre of a great social and religious movement. In the 12th century, because of the social reformer Basava, it became a seat of learning. Basava, Akka Mahadevi, Channabasavanna, Siddarama and other Sharanas are associated with Basavakalyana. Basava, who fought against castism and orthodoxy in Hinduism.
Vishwaguru Basavanna was a great revolutionary who established spiritual democracy called "Anubhava Mantapa" in 12th Century in India(Anubhava Mantapa - which is also called as the "FIRST PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD". Its lead by Saint Allamprabhu), and gave practical solutions to all kind of problems mankind was suffering at that time. His teachings are time tested, scientific and proven. Basava-Tatva is never ending inspiration to achieve the welfare of mankind.
Tourism
At Jalasangvi, Narayanapura and Shivapura there are temples of the Chalukya dynasty. Basaveshvara temple is at the centre of Basavakalyana. There are some Islamic monuments Moti Mahal, Hydari Mahal, Peeran Durga. And other religious places such as Gachchina Matha, Kambali Matha and Sadananda Matha.
Basavakalyana Fort
Basavakalyana Fort was constructed by Chalukyas. It includes Jain images on its walls. There is museum in a side fort and there are Jain idols of the 10th-11th century.
Shiva Temple at Narayanpura
There is a Shiva Temple at Narayanpura which dating back to Chalukya times (11th century), 4 km from Basavakalyana.
Basaveshwara Temple and Anubhav mantap
There is a statue of Allamaprabhu, as the guru of the Basavanna and the related photos of Basavanna which he has worked for the people.
There is lake beside it and full of trees surrounding its Temple.
Basava Dharma Peetha Charitable Trust with the intension of reviving Sharana cultural heritage purchased a land of 3 acres on 21-12-2001 by the side of main road nearby the entrance of Basava Kalyana town. Later on the Trust purchased 17.5 acres just adjacent to the previous land and has built a prayer hall and living rooms. Haralayya Tirtha - an attractive water reservoir is formed.
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KANNADA KANMANI - JAGA JYOTHI BASAVANNA
Guru Basavanna (also known as Guru Basavanna (Kannada: ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) or Basaveshwara (Kannada: ಬ...
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KANNADA KANMANI - JAGA JYOTHI BASAVANNA
Guru Basavanna (also known as Guru Basavanna (Kannada: ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) or Basaveshwara (Kannada: ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರ), (1134--1196)) was a philosopher and a social reformer. He...
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Solapur - Wiki Article
Solapur pronunciation is a city in south Western Maharashtra, India. It lies on the border...
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Solapur - Wiki Article
Solapur pronunciation is a city in south Western Maharashtra, India. It lies on the border of Maharastra & Karnataka. Solapur has Marathi, Kannada & Telugu...
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Bhadaghat
Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Prad...
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Bhadaghat
Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated by the side of river Narmada and is appr...
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KHANDABASA @ JUNAGARH ,KALAHANDI
Maa Lankeshwari is the principal deity of the Naga clan at Junagarh. The deity is still re...
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KHANDABASA @ JUNAGARH ,KALAHANDI
Maa Lankeshwari is the principal deity of the Naga clan at Junagarh. The deity is still revered by the king and his descendants.. The descendants of the king...
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Jabalpur my Birthplace with its Beautiful River Narmada meandering through Marble Rocks -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhedaghat Bhedaghat (Hindi: भेड़ाघाट) is a town and a nagar p...
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Jabalpur my Birthplace with its Beautiful River Narmada meandering through Marble Rocks -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhedaghat Bhedaghat (Hindi: भेड़ाघाट) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India...
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Basaveshwara - Anna Basavanna , Lord Basava
Basava (also known as Basavanna (Kannada: ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) or Basaveshwara (Kannada: ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರ), (11...
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Basaveshwara - Anna Basavanna , Lord Basava
Basava (also known as Basavanna (Kannada: ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) or Basaveshwara (Kannada: ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರ), (1132--1196)) was a philosopher and a social reformer. He fought again...
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An Evening in Paris (1967)Kaho Pyaar hai Tumseh o Jana--
Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Prad...
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An Evening in Paris (1967)Kaho Pyaar hai Tumseh o Jana--
Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated by the side of river Narmada and is appr...
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Asoka(2001)Kanch Keh Narmedheshwar
Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Prad...
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Asoka(2001)Kanch Keh Narmedheshwar
Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated by the side of river Narmada and is appr...
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Bhoja [Wikipedia Article]
Bhoja was a philosopher king and polymath of medieval India, who ruled the kingdom of Mal...
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Bhoja [Wikipedia Article]
Bhoja was a philosopher king and polymath of medieval India, who ruled the kingdom of Malwa in central India from the early 11th century to 1055 CE. Also known as Raja Bhoja Of Dhar, he belonged to the Paramara dynasty. The name Bhoja means "bountiful, liberal" and appears as the name of a tribe, the descendants of Mahabhoja, in the Mahabharata.
Bhoja established numerous temples, including the Bhojeshvara Temple at Bhojpur, a city he founded, about 30 km from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh on the banks of river Betwa. He also established the Bhoj Shala which was a centre for Sanskrit studies and a temple of Sarasvatī in present day Dhar.
Biography
Raja Bhoja ruled the Mālwa region from the beginning of the eleventh century to about 1055. His extensive writings cover philosophy, poetry, medicine, veterinary science, phonetics, yoga, and archery. Under his rule, Mālwa and its capital Dhar became one of the chief intellectual centres of India. King Bhoja, together with the Solanki king Bhimdev of Gujarat (Anhilwara), rebuilt the temple at Somnath between 1026 and 1042 after it was sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1024. He founded the city Bhojpur. It is also said that Bhoja also founded the city of Bhopal, but it could be possible that the city was founded by another king of the same name. The Bhojtal (Upper Lake or bada talab) of Bhopal is said to have been constructed by Bhoja. The great Jain scholar Dhanapala lived at the court of Bhoja. The Jain scholar Dhanapala stated in his works that he convinced Bhoja to give up the practice of sacrificing animals for propitiation of gods and according to Dhanapala Bhoja also stopped to hunt animals.
Career
The Paramaras was a medieval Indian kingdom who were at first feudal rulers of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. The Paramara dynasty based themselves primarily at Dhar in central India, a city which remained de facto capital until its ultimate conquest in the fourteenth century. It was there that their greatest king and a remarkable genius, Bhoja came to power at the beginning of the 11th century and ruled for about half a century. He was the son of Sindhurāja, who was a notable conqueror, who defeated the Chalukyas and Shilaharas of the Konkan region. Bhoja's path was similar to other great Hindu rulers of the time engaged in wasteful internecine struggles for supremacy. We get some glimpses of his remarkable life from the apocryphal biography Bhoja Prabandham. Early in his career, just before he came to power, Bhoja was afflicted by a tumor in his brain which used to cause him intense headaches. Two learned Brahmin brothers from the school of Ujjain, who were pre-eminent surgeons of the era, performed a surgery on his brain and relieved him of his tumor. The description of the surgery that survives suggests that they artificially induced a coma with a special preparation known as the sammohini and then opened his skull to remove the tumor. He was then brought back to consciousness with another drug.
Bhoja survived this surgery remarkably well and had an illustrious reign both as a military commander and encyclopaedic scholar. Bhoja long desired to reduce his arch-rivals the Western Chalukya Empire of the Deccan and initiated several successful campaigns against them. Then he tried a remarkable political game to destroy the Chalukyas: by forming an alliance with the south Indian Emperor Rajendra Chola I of the Chola dynasty, Bhoja induced him to attack the Chalukyas from the south. Likewise he induced the Kalachuri king Kumara Gangeyadeva (who claimed descent from the Haihayas who had survived the ancient assault of the Bhargavas) to attack the Chalukyas from the east. Bhoja himself pressed on them from the north. For this purpose he erected the mighty fortifications of Māṇḍū and initially put the Chalukyas on the retreat. But the Chalukyas, suddenly reviving the glory that Pulakeshin-II had taken them to, remained firm in the 3-front war, eventually causing Bhoja's allies to give up. Someshvara, the Chalukya king subsequently invaded the Paramara kingdom and stormed the fort of Mandu after a long siege, then took Ujjain, and finally captured Dhara the capital of Bhoja from him. Bhoja unfazed retreated north and with the help of Rajendra Chola I who kept the pressure from the south, took back Dhara and Ujjain. Then Bhoja conquered Chitrakuta (Chittor) and Medhapatha (Mewar) from the Shishodias and established his sway over the Arbuda fort (Mount Abu).
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Lingayatism [Wikipedia Article]
Lingayatism, also known as Veerashaivism, is a distinct Shaivite tradition in India, estab...
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Lingayatism [Wikipedia Article]
Lingayatism, also known as Veerashaivism, is a distinct Shaivite tradition in India, established in the 12th century by the philosopher, statesman and social reformer Basavanna. It makes several departures from mainstream Hinduism and propounds monotheism through worship centered on Lord Shiva in the form of linga or Ishtalinga. It also rejects the authority of the Vedas, the caste system, and some Hindu beliefs such as reincarnation and karma.
The adherents of this faith are known as Lingayats (Kannada: ಲಿಂಗಾಯತರು, Telugu: లింగాయత, Tamil: இலிங்காயதம், Marathi: लिंगायत). The term is derived from Lingavantha in Kannada, meaning 'one who wears Ishtalinga (kan: ಇಷ್ಟಲಿಂಗ) on their body'. Ishtalinga is an oval-shaped emblem symbolising Parasiva, the absolute reality, and is worn on the body by a cord hung around the neck. A linga, on the other hand, is found inside a temple.
Contemporary Lingayatism is a rich blend of progressive reform-based theology propounded by Basava and ancient Shaivite tradition and customs, with huge influence among the masses in South India, especially in the state of Karnataka. Today, Lingayats, along with Shaiva Siddhanta followers, Kashmiri Shaivites, Naths, Pashupaths of Nepal, Kapalikas and others, constitute the major portion of the Shaivite population.
Early history
According to the spiritual leaders of the Lingayat (Veershaiva) sect, five great spiritual souls enriched the Lingayat dharma through their teachings at different times in its long history. They were 'Renukacharya', 'Marularadhya/Darukacharya', 'Ekormaradhya', 'Panditaradhya' and 'Vishwaradhya'.It is believed that these five great teachers were born from the unique Linga of Shiva. And these teachers established the seat of Virshaiva learning at Rambhapuri(Mysore), Ujjain, Ukhimath(Kedarnath), Shree Shail and Kashi (Varanasi). Basavanna was a social reformer and philosopher who was mainly responsible for 'Reforming' the Lingayat tradition in the 12th century. He was born in a rich Brahmin family. Basavanna addressing Mimamsakas says that Rudra is the only god and that the author of Veda is Rudra. He rebelled against the rigid practices of the caste system then prevalent in orthodox Hindu society, and eventually began expounding his own philosophy with a casteless society at its core. His egalitarian philosophy and reform movement attracted large numbers of people. Saints like Allama Prabhu, Akka Mahadevi and Channabasavanna also played pivotal roles in the growth of the Lingayat tradition.
Basavanna lived and taught in the northern part of what is now Karnataka. This movement found its roots during the brief rule of the southern Kalachuri dynasty in those parts of the state. Like Martin Luther who came nearly three hundred years after him, Basavanna preached that the devotion of people to God was a direct relationship and did not need the intervention of the priestly class. Temple building is generally not practised among Lingayats.
Lingayat theology
The Lingayats propound a primarily monotheistic conception of divinity through the worship of Lord Shiva. Lingayatism conceives of the self as emerging from and being in union with the divine. Being fundamentally egalitarian, it does not differentiate humankind on the basis of caste, creed, gender, language, country, or race. It rejects the authority of the Vedas and opposes the caste system of orthodox Hindu traditions. Early Lingayats placed importance on the Vachana sahitya, which was promulgated by Lord Basaveshwara.
Central to Lingayat theology are five codes of conduct (called Panchāchāras), eight "shields" (Ashtāvarana), and the concept of six levels of attainment that the devotee can achieve (known as Shatsthala).
Panchacharas
The Panchacharas describe the five modes of conduct to be followed by the believer. The Panchacharas include:
Lingāchāra -- Daily worship of the individual Ishtalinga, one to three times day.
Sadāchāra -- Attention to vocation and duty, and adherence to the seven rules of conduct issued by Basavanna: kaLa beDa (Do not steal); kola beDa (Do not kill or hurt); husiya nuDiyalu beDa (Do not utter lies); thanna baNNisabeDa (Do not praise yourself); idira haLiyalu beDa (Do not scold others); muniya beDa (Do not abuse others from anger); anyarige asahya paDabeDa (Do not be intolerant towards others).
Sivāchāra -- acknowledging Shiva as the supreme divine being and upholding the equality and well-being of all human beings.
Bhrityāchāra -- Compassion towards all creatures.
Ganāchāra -- Defense of the community and its tenets.
Ashtavarana
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Nashik - Wiki Article
Nashik ) is a city in western India in the state of Maharashtra. Nashik is located in the ...
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Nashik - Wiki Article
Nashik ) is a city in western India in the state of Maharashtra. Nashik is located in the north-west of Maharashtra, 171 km from Mumbai and 210 km from Pune....
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Jabalpur - Wiki Article
Jabalpur is one of the major cities of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is the third larg...
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Jabalpur - Wiki Article
Jabalpur is one of the major cities of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh and the 38th largest urba...
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ॐΨShiva Rudram {Sanskrit Chants}I Om Namah Shivaya II Narmadeshwar sphatik "Bana" Lingam ॐΨ
The most sublime and sacred type of Shiva Linga is called the sfatika linga found only in ...
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ॐΨShiva Rudram {Sanskrit Chants}I Om Namah Shivaya II Narmadeshwar sphatik "Bana" Lingam ॐΨ
The most sublime and sacred type of Shiva Linga is called the sfatika linga found only in the river beds of the Narmada river especially at Bhedaghat Because...
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Sri Rudram (Anuvaka 9-11 ) - Hymn with English subtitles Yajur Veda contains Mritunjaya Mantra
The most sublime and sacred type of Shiva Linga is called the sfatika linga found only in ...
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Sri Rudram (Anuvaka 9-11 ) - Hymn with English subtitles Yajur Veda contains Mritunjaya Mantra
The most sublime and sacred type of Shiva Linga is called the sfatika linga found only in the river beds of the Narmada river especially at Bhedaghat Because...
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