The Virashaiva movement of Basava (1131 to 1196 on Wikipedia, chief minister at the Kalachuri court) has spread from Kalyana (sid's ground) to Ulavi, Balligavi, Sorab and the black-soil towns of the Belvola.
Its followers wear the lingam, reject caste ritual and build their own mathas; they are growing as Jain and Brahmin houses are not. The Hoysala court is Jain and Vaishnava-leaning and the movement runs beside it without capture.
Who holds it
- Title
- Sharana teachers and village jangamas
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No head is named in any source we read.
How things stand that morning
A movement of town and village people; no armed power, a social one.
Places of note
- Ulavi (Channabasaveshwara tradition): Virashaiva holy place in Uttara Kannada; position approximate
Where the sources disagree
- Common accounts treat the Lingayat as a mass religion of the plateau; for 1200 it is a growing movement, not yet the majority of any region we can show.
Evidence: General knowledge; no source read for strength in 1200.
Primary sources for Hoysala kingdom
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Epigraphia Carnatica: inscriptions of the Mysore country, Various (Hoysala chancery and temple scribes), edited by B. Lewis Rice and R. Narasimhachar (inscriptions of the 4th to 19th centuries; the series ran from 1886 to 1905, revised from 1972). The Hoysala kingdom of Veera Ballala II (reigning 1173 to 1220) is documented almost wholly by the inscriptions in this series, arranged by district and taluk with full English translations. Read online
- Inscriptions of the Silaharas, Various (Silahara chanceries), edited by V. V. Mirashi (inscriptions of the 9th to 13th centuries; edited 1977). Collects the records of the three Silahara houses: North Konkan (Thana), South Konkan, and Kolhapur.
- Sanskrit and Old Canarese Inscriptions relating to the Yadava Kings of Devagiri, Various (Yadava chancery), edited by J. F. Fleet (inscriptions of the 12th and 13th centuries; edited 1876). The first collected edition of the Yadava (Seuna) records, with texts and translations, from the Indian Antiquary. Read online
- South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- Basava, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.