Shiva Sharanas

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.

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

Now, in the, in modern Karnataka, it is in Bidar Other district.

In Kalyana, they came together and, uh, they formed a dissenting community, rebelled against Vedic Brahmanical practices.

By reconstructing and also in modern, modern, uh, period also we have different accounts of that period.

You see, according to these narratives, you know, uh, this movement was led by Basavanna in Kalyana who was in the ministry of, uh, uh, Bijjala the king.

Uh, he considered Allama different Sharanas, uh, came from different places.

He, he took, uh, Allama Prabhu, who came from Balligavi to Kalyana, uh, as, uh, Prabhu to preside over a Shunya Peetha in, um, Kalyana, uh, the seat of the, the throne of void.