MACHIGAR SAMAJ SEVA SANGH, MUMBAI

    

Bangalore: Nearly 500 members of the Kerala State unit of Basava Samithi were among those present when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the Basaveshwara commemorative coin here.

Basava [also known as Basavanna] flourished in the 12th century in Karnataka. He was a Prime Minister to king Bijjala who ruled from 1157 to 1167 over Kalyana, a city of historic importance. Basava was indeed a great prophet for in him we find the combination of rare qualities. He was a mystic by temperament, an idealist by choice, a statesman by profession, a man of letters by taste, a h ... Read more »