Dictionary/लिंगायत
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लिंगायत

lingaayat

Definitions

Noun

Lingayat (religious community)

a Shaivite Hindu sect founded by Basavanna in 12th-century Karnataka; followers wear a small Shiva lingam; a major community in Karnataka's social and political landscape

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