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Strongly condemning the caller remark by MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal that the 12th Century societal reformer Basavanna was not the laminitis of “Lingayat religion”, Vishwa Lingayat Mahasabha has asserted that “Lingayat religion” was founded by Basavanna successful the 12th Century.
“Basavanna is the laminitis of the ‘Lingayat religion’ and its doctrine is rooted successful his Vachanas,” State president of the mahasabha Sanjay Makal said.
Addressing presspersons present connected Tuesday, Mr. Makal said that successful the erstwhile Mysore State, caste census was conducted 5 times betwixt 1881 and 1931, and it mentions Lingayat arsenic abstracted from Hindu religion.
“Our demands are not new. Lingayat was declared arsenic an autarkic religion during a normal of the mahasabha successful Davangere successful 1941. We proceed to combat demanding the presumption of an autarkic religion, extracurricular the Hindu spiritual fold. We person documents to amusement that Lingayat is antithetic from Hindu religion,” Mr. Makal said.
He said that the gazetteers of the British play and the Mysore gazetteers prepared during the erstwhile Wadiyar dynasty mention Lingayat arsenic a abstracted religion and not a sect of Hindu. “So, Lingayat is simply a abstracted religion similar Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism,” helium reiterated.
He said that Chief Census Officer of the Bombay Province nether the British regularisation Reginald Edward Enthoven successful his “Essay connected Organisation of Lingayats; small Lingayat Religion” explains however Lingayats are antithetic from Hindus.
Citing the examples of aged judgments of Bombay, Mysore and Madras High Courts, Mr. Makal said that that the courts person mentioned Lingayat arsenic a abstracted and autarkic religion.
