Tell us a bit about this figure.

Yeah.

Allama Prabhu.

You see, Allama Prabhu is a major cultural presence in the Kannada, uh, imagination.

Um, you know, Kannada literature has got a great tradition.

It begins with 19th century, and in 10th century we have great epics.

And in 12th century, uh, for a very, very short period, you know, between, according to historians, between 1155 to 1167, there was a social revolution, you know, which is known as Vachana movement, Lingayat movement, or it is also called Veerashaiva movement.

Is it fair to say then that so much of his enterprise was, um, perhaps injecting his own voice or mission or cause into the work? Or would you say then that, um, how do I put it? How much of the-- how many of the connections do you think he's making are discernible within the work, and how many do you think are purposeful sort of injections from his own circumstance?

Tell us a bit about this figure.

Yeah, Allama Prabhu.

You see, Allama Prabhu is a major cultural presence in the Kannada imagination.

You know, Kannada literature has got a great tradition.

It begins with the 19th century and in 10th century, we have great ethics.

And in 12th century, for a very, very short period, you know, between, according to historians, between 1155 to 1167, there was a social revolution, you know, which is known as Vachana movement, Lingayat movement, or it is also called Veer Shaiva movement.

See, the Sharanas, Shiva Bhaktas, Sharanas came together in the city of Kalyana.

Is it fair to say then that so much of his enterprise was perhaps injecting his own voice or mission or cause into the work? Or would you say then that, how do I put it? How many of the connections do you think he's making are discernible within the work? And how many do you think are purposeful sort of injections from his own circumstance?

Tell us a bit about this figure.

Yeah, Allama Prabhu.

You see, Allama Prabhu is a major cultural presence in the Kannada imagination.

You know, Kannada literature has got a great tradition.

It begins with the 19th century and in 10th century, we have great ethics.

And in 12th century, for a very, very short period, you know, between, according to historians, between 1155 to 1167.

There was a social revolution, which is known as Vachana movement, Lingait movement, or it is also called Veer Shaiva movement.

Is it fair to say then that so much of his enterprise was perhaps injecting his own voice or mission or cause into the work? Or would you say then that, how do I put it, how many of the connections do you think he's making are discernible within the work? And how many do you think are purposeful sort of injections from his own circumstance?

Tell us a bit about this figure.

Yeah, Allama Prabhu.

You see, Allama Prabhu is a major cultural presence in the Kannada, uh, imagination.

Um, you know, Kannada literature has got a great tradition.

It begins with 19th century, and in 10th century we have great epics.

And in 12th century, uh, for a very, very short period, you know, between, according to historians, between 1155 to 1167, there was a social revolution, you know, which is known as Vachana movement, Lingait movement, or it is also called Veerashaiva movement.

See, [clears throat] the Sharanas, uh, Shiva Bhaktas, Sharanas came together in the city of Kalyana.

Is it fair to say then that so much of his enterprise was, um, perhaps injecting his own voice or mission or cause into the work? Or would you say then that, um, how do I put it? How much of the-- how many of the connections you think he's making are discernible within the work, and how many do you think are purposeful sort of injections from his own circumstance?