Basava Jayanti is celebrated every year on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, this year. Basava Jayanti is mostly celebrated in Karnataka, Maharashtra, ...

India has a long tradition of bright minds poking holes in some distinctly un-bright ideas. And one such mind lived over eight centuries ago in the south, blowing a hole so large through that ...

Basava Jayanti is a Hindu festival that commemorates the birth anniversary of Basavanna, a renowned 12th-century philosopher, poet, and social reformer. He is widely regarded as the founder of the ...

At the Basava Culture Campaign-2025 closing event, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared his intent to rename the Namma Metro as Basava Metro, after Vishwaguru Basavanna, a spiritual leader ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Jagadguru Basaveshwara, a revered 12th century poet, philosopher and the founding saint of the Lingayat tradition, on his birth anniversary ...

Wednesday, April 30, marks the celebration of two major festivals in India — Basava Jayanti and Akshaya Tritiya. On this day, several offices and services may remain closed, particularly in Karnataka, ...

The Brahminical symbol that young boys and men wear is the the ‘sacred thread’ that runs across the chest like a sash. But when a young brahmin boy’s family was gearing up for the ceremony, the boy in ...

at the doors of people. Some will not go if you ask them to go. Worse than dogs, some others. It was not just the gods who “lived off the charity of people” or were, sometimes, “worse than dogs”.

A colourful procession was taken out through the streets of Mysuru on Sunday as part of the Basava Jayanthi celebrations. The procession comprising tableaus depicting the life and times of 12th ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to Basava, a revered 12th-century social reformer, philosopher, and administrator born in present-day Karnataka, on his birth anniversary. In a ...

To mark the centenary year of public celebrations of Basava Jayanti, Basava Samiti has planned celebrations across the globe for a year from April 24. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, samiti ...