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Basava
Basava (également connu sous le nom de Basaveshwara, kannada : ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರ, ou Basavanna (ಬಸವಣ್ಣ), 1134–1196) était un important philosophe shivaïte, peut-être fondateur d'une secte shivaïte de premier ordre, chef en tout cas des lingâyat à son époque, un réformateur social hindou, ainsi qu'un poète mystique. Il pratiqua une politique à l'encontre du système de castes et des déviances dans la culture indienne dominante, l'hindouisme. Il est aussi connu comme étant Krantikari (révolutionnaire) Basavanna pour sa réforme dans le système social du .
Teck
Le teck est un arbre tropical de la famille des Verbenaceae selon la classification classique, de celle des Lamiaceae selon la classification phylogénétique. Son nom vient du malayalam Thekku. Il en existe trois espèces distinctes. Le teck produit un bois précieux et imputrescible recommandé pour la fabrication des ponts de bateaux, de meubles de jardin. L'espèce la plus commune, Tectona grandis (dit teck d'Indochine), est originaire d'Inde, de Malaisie, du Laos et de Thaïlande.
Malkheda
Malkhed originally known as Manyakheta (IAST: Mānyakheṭa, Prakrit: "Mannakheḍa"), and also known as Malkhed, is a town in Karnataka, India. It is located on the banks of Kagina river in Sedam Taluk of Kalaburagi district, around 40 km from Kalaburagi. The city reached the peak of its prosperity during the 9th and 10th centuries, serving as the capital of the expansionist Rashtrakuta dynasty, which united almost all of the Deccan.
Talakadu
Talakadu is a town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km (28 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (82 miles) from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. Latinizations of the towns name vary, but include Talkād, Talakadu, Talakkadu, or Thalakadu. It had over 30 temples, most of which now lay buried in sand. The extant group of temples, where the eastward flowing Kaveri river changes course as the sand on its banks spreads over a wide area, is a popular site for Hindus.
Narahari Tirtha
Narahari Tirtha ( 1243 - 1333) was a Dvaita philosopher, scholar, statesman and one of the disciples of Madhvacharya. He is considered to be the progenitor of the Haridasa movement along with Sripadaraja. Though only two of his scholarly works are extant, they are characterised by their verbosity and lack of digressions. A few songs of his survive under the pen name Raghukulatilaka. As a minister of considerable influence to the Eastern Ganga rulers and later as the pontiff of Madhvacharya mutt, Narahari converted the Simhachalam temple into an educational establishment of renown and a religious centre for Vaishnavism.
Alupa dynasty
The Alupa dynasty (ಅಳುಪೆರ್, ಆಳ್ವೆರ್) (circa 2nd century C.E to 15th century C.E) was an ancient ruling dynasty of India. The kingdom they ruled was known as Alvakheda Arusasira and its territory spanned the coastal districts of the modern Indian state known as Karnataka. The Alupas in their prime were an independent dynasty, centuries after reigning due to the dominance of Kadambas from Banavasi, they became feudatory to them. Later they became the vassals of the Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Hoysalas with the change in political scenario of Southern India.
Sripadaraja
Sripadaraja (श्रीपादराज; ) or Sripadaraya, also known by his pontifical name Lakshminarayana Tirtha (1422 - 1480), was a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, scholar and composer and the pontiff of the Madhvacharya mutt at Mulbagal. He is widely considered the founder of Haridasa movement along with Narahari Tirtha. He has influenced both Carnatic music and Hindustani music through his compositions. His songs and hymns, written under the mudra of Ranga Vitthala, contain the distillation of Dvaita principles infused with mysticism and humanism.
Dhoti
La dhoti — de l'hindi hi, parfois notée dhuti et autrefois appelée paridhana — est un vêtement à l'usage des hommes, traditionnel au Bengale et dans la vallée du Gange et qui a été adopté dans une grande partie de l'Inde. Il consiste en une pièce rectangulaire de cotonnade fine d'environ sur . Généralement blanc ou couleur crème, il se noue autour de la taille, et l'un de ses pans, passant entre les jambes, est fixée dans la ceinture ainsi constituée, le drapé formant un pantalon léger et aéré, un vêtement idéal dans le climat chaud du sous-continent.
Vishnuvardhana
Vishnuvardhana (r. 1108–1152 CE) was a king of the Hoysala Empire in what is today the modern state of Karnataka, India. He ascended the Hoysala throne after the death of his elder brother Veera Ballala I in c.1108. Originally a follower of Jainism and known as Bitti Deva, he came under the influence of the Hindu philosopher Ramanujacharya, converted to Hindu Vaishnavism and took the name "Vishnuvardhana". His queen Shanthala however remained a Jain.
Harihara (poet)
Harihara (or Harisvara) (ಹರಿಹರ) was a noted Kannada poet and writer in the 12th century. A native of Halebidu in modern Hassan district, he came from a family of accountants (Karnikas) and initially served in that capacity in the court of Hoysala King Narasimha I (r.1152–1173 CE). Later, he moved to Hampi and authored many landmark classics. Among his important writings, the Girijakalyana written in champu metre (mixed prose-verse) is considered one of the enduring classics of Kannada language.