Volume : VI, Issue : I, February - 2016 A STUDY ON THE LINGAYATISM IN THE NILGIRISB. Magendran, M. Saravanakumar By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Lord Basava was the founder of Lingayatism. Ordinarily, one who wears a Linga on the person is called a Lingayats. People belongs to different regions in The Nilgiris speak Badaga language. There are Lingayats, Brahmins, Gowdas, Thorias living in The Nilgiris. Majority of the people are Gowdas. Lingayats are living in twenty villages and their population is considerably less. Badagas have shrines on the hills for certain ancestors especially for ‘Hethaiamma’. The Lingayats are living in MerkunaduSeemai. Lingayats should pray thrice a day or at least twice a day. Lingayats can purify themselves. Lingayats lead a discipline life. The Lingayats population in The Nilgiris is computed by using simple percentage method. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : B. Magendran, M. Saravanakumar(2016). A STUDY ON THE LINGAYATISM IN THE NILGIRIS. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. VI, Issue. I, http://isrj.org/UploadedData/7807.pdf References : - Paul Hockings, (1989) The Badagas, Blue Mountains: The Ethnography and Biogeography of South Indian Religion, Oxford University Press,Delhi.
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- Paul Hockings, (1989) The Badagas, Blue Mountains: The Ethnography and Biogeography of South Indian Religion, Oxford University Press,Delhi.
- Paul Hockings, (1989) The Badagas, Blue Mountains: The Ethnography and Biogeography of South Indian Religion, Oxford University Press,Delhi.
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- Basavaraj Guru Siddappa Menasinkai, (2005), The Light of Basava Linga, Published Dharwad Mutt, Bangalore.
- S.S.Malwad, (1992) Veerasaivisim and Vachanakars, Publishers Basava Samathi, Bangalore.
- S.M.Hunsal, (2004) The Lingayats Movement, Publishers Basava Samahti ,Bangaluru.
- Basavaraj Guru Siddappa Menasinkai, (2005), The Light of Basava Linga, Published Dharwad Mutt, Bangalore.
- S.S.Malwad, (1992) Veerasaivisim and Vachanakars, Publishers Basava Samathi, Bangalore.
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- Paul Hockings, (1989) The Badagas, Blue Mountains: The Ethnography and Biogeography of South Indian Religion, Oxford University Press,Delhi.
- Basavaraj Guru Siddappa Menasinkai, (2005), The Light of Basava Linga, Published Dharwad Mutt, Bangalore.
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- S.M.Hunsal, (2004) The Lingayats Movement, Publishers Basava Samahti ,Bangaluru.
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