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A little history of Basaveshwara

Basaveshwara was a 12th century Indian philosopher and a social reformer who pioneered the idea of democracy in the east even before anyone in the western world would have thought about it. He fought for core British values of freedom of speech, respect and tolerance. Thus Basaveshwara shares a conceptual relationship with Britain, the mother of all democracies.

A Excerpt poem from the book of Basaveshwara

The rich

will make temples for Shiva, What shall I,
a poor man do?

Basavanna spread social awareness through his poetry, popularly known as Vachanaas. Basavanna rejected gender or social discrimination, superstitions and rituals such as the wearing of sacred thread.

• PUBLISHED

12TH CENTURY

• CATEGORY

SOCIAL REFORMS