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LIST OF MLA'S

HERE IS THE LIST OF MLA'S OF BASAVAKALYAN WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF BASAVAKALYAN ar A C No. Constituency Name Category Winner Gender Party Votes Runner Up Gender Party Votes 2013 47 Basavakalyan GEN Mallikarjun Sidramappa Khuba M JD(S) 37494 B. Narayanrao M INC 21601 2008 47 Basavakalyan GEN Basavaraj Patil Attur M BJP 39015 M G Muley M INC 31077 2004 6 Basavakalyan GEN Mallikarjun Siddaramappa Khuba M JD(S) 29557 Basavaraj Patil Attur M IND 22132 1999 6 Basavakalyan GEN M.G.Mule M JD(S) 48166 Basawaraj Patil Attur M JD(U) 29002 1994 6 Basavakalyan GEN Baswarai Patil Attur M JD 34728 Muley Maruthirao Govindrao M INC 28299 1989 6 Basavakalyan GEN Baswaraj Patil Attur M JD 32404 Marutirao Muley M INC 29705 1985 6 Basavakalyan GEN Basavaraj Patil Attur M JNP 34556 Maruthirao Muley M INC 27951 1983 6 Basavakalyan GEN Basawaraj Shankarappa Patil M JNP 27494 Nawab S. M. Kamaluddin M IND 14144 1978 6 Basavakalyan GEN Bapu Rao Hulsoorker M INC(I) 23827 Ta...

FACTS ABOUT ALLAMA PRABHU

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Full Name: Allama Prabhu Pen Name (Vachana Signature): Guheshvara (also spelt Guheswara or Guhesvara) Kayaka (Occupation): Jangama  (wandering mystic) Speciality: 1st President of Anubhavamantapa (The Hall of Experience) Basavanna, you are like the earthworm unsoiled,  You are like the lotus in water, touching yet not touched, You are like the pearl formed in water, yet is not water. Sanganabasavanna,  You have come by the order of Guheshwara  To undo the beliefs of the wealth-blind and of those body-intoxicated.  [Vachana No.509]  [1] Shunya Peethadhesha Allama Prabhu, a contemporary of Basavanna, Allamaprabhu was born in a small village called Ballegavi (Balligavi) in Shikaripura taluk of Shivamogga district Karnataka, India, also known as ‘Banavasi Hanneradu Saavira’. His parents, according to Chamarasa, a Kannada poet (The Vijayanagara poet), the author of Prabu1iñga Lile, are Nirahañkari and Sujñani. Not much is known about his boyhood. ...

UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT - ANUBHAVA MANTAPA

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Anubhava Mantapa   was the first parliment in history of mankind. Prabhudeva, a great Yogi of extraordinary achievement, was the president and Lord Basava acted as the prime minister. Chennabasava can be compared to the speaker while at the same time working as the editor, and compiler of  Vachana  literature. The only difference between the present day parliament and  Anubhava Mantapa  is that the members were not elected by the people, but were picked up or nominated by the higher authorities of the Mantapa; the necessary qualification expected being spiritual attainment. The problems tackled were of a various nature covering social, religious, spiritual, yogic psychological, economic and literary spheres. Members of the Mantapa and followers of the religion were given full freedom of thought, speech and action. They were allowed to put any questions or doubts to get them cleared in front of the congregation and a systematic program was launched ...

HISTORIC SHIVA TEMPLE - BASAVAKALYAN

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   Distance (From Bidar):  77 Kms Trip Duration (From Basavakalyan , Including Travel):  1 Hour Place Location:  4 Km From Basavakalyan Transportation Options:  Cab / Auto Travel Tips:  None Commonly Visited From:  Basavakalyan (4 km) At a distance of 4 km from Basavakalyan and 77 km from Bidar, Lord Shiva temple is located in Narayanpur.  The Narayanpur Shiva temple was built in 12th century by Chalukyan rulers. The temple is situated inside the village amidst dwellings.  At the entrance various sculptures including a hero-stone and a slab with Kannada inscriptions are there.  There are remains of a number of apsaras surrounding the main vimana of the temple. They are graceful and sensuous and in a variety of actions, such as the seductive shringar rasa.  This temple design is similar to Kalmeshwar temple of Jalasangvi.  It is said that Hoysalas adopted this design into their temple designs. ...

BASAVANNA

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Basavanna   was a 12th-century Hindu philosopher,  statesman ,  Kannada  poet in the Shiva-focussed  Bhakti movement  and a  social reformer  during the reign of the  Kalachuri-dynasty  king Bijjala I in  Karnataka , India. 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, but introduced  Ishtalinga  necklace, with an image of the  Shiva Liṅga ,to every person regardless of his or her birth, to be a constant reminder of one's  bhakti  (devotion) to Shiva. As the chief minister of his kingdom, he introduced new public institutions such as the  Anubhava Mantapa  (or, the "hall of spiritual experience"), which welcomed men and women from all socio-economic backgrounds to discuss spiritual and mundane questions of life, in open....

what do you know about Basvakalyan

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Basavakalyana  is a  town  in  Bidar District  of the state of  Karnataka ,  India , and was historically known as Kalyan. Before India's independence, Basavakalyana 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 of Kalyani ,  Yadavas of Devagiri ,  Kakatiyas ,  Delhi Sultanate ,  Bahamani Sultanate  (Bidar, Gulbarga),  Bidar Sultanate ,  Bijapur Sultanate , Mughals and Hyderabad  Nizams . 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...