Kannada vachanas (discourses) composed by Sharanas, followers of Lingayat saint-poet-philosopher Basaveshwara, have their own significance in the history of Indian literature. The cover page of ...

Vachanas of the Shiva Sharanas of the 11th and 12th centuries are regarded among Karnataka’s greatest contributions to Indian thought and literature. A few scholars have translated them from Kannada ...

The actress, who recently visited Mahakuteshwara Temple in Badami, has performed for vachana Sahithya. The Vachana Sahithya - a religion-inspired literature that originated in the 12th century, has ...

The ‘vachana’ literature of the 12th and 13th centuries fulfilled one of the four criteria set by the Central government to grant the ‘classical language’ status to Kannada. ‘Vachana Sahitya’, as it ...

Bengaluru: FormerCM and MP Basavaraja Bommai said that today, Kannada is facing challenges both from Kannadigas themselves and from outsiders. Southern neighboring languages do not accept ...

To Bengalureans who grew up in the 1980s, Republic Day brings a specific whiff of nostalgia – watching, on Doordarshan, the RD parade, live streamed from foggy Rajpath. That tradition is now past, but ...

The Veerashaiva movement may have created one of the most prominent communities in the state — the Lingaayats, but in reality, it contributed so much more to the living arts and the culture of the ...