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Basava Premanand ( 17 February 1930-4 October 2009 ) was a skeptic and rationalist from Kerala, India.
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* Mukto-mona. com, an Indian Skeptic's explanation of miracles: By Yuktibaadi, compiled by Basava Premanand
Described by BBC as India's leading guru buster, Basava Premanand has " been honoured by the government with its highest award for the promotion of scientific values among the public.
After the death of Abraham Kovoor in 1978, Basava Premanand continued his challenge by offering INR 100, 000 to any person who would demonstrate any psychic, supernatural of paranormal ability of any kind under satisfactory observing conditions.
( Similar challenges have been posed by Basava Premanand and James Randi.
Basava Premanand is regarded as Kovoor's spiritual successor, at least in India.
After the death of Dr. Kovoor, Basava Premanand continued his challenge by offering Rs. 100, 000 ( One Hundred Thousand Indian Rupees ) to any person who will demonstrate any psychic, supernatural or paranormal ability of any kind under satisfactory observing conditions.
Basava and was
( Basavanna never called himself as GOD, he always called himself as Bhakti Bhandari and he was always treated as ANNA a elder brotherly figure ( Basava ANNA ).
Basava () ( also known as Bhakti Bhandari Basavanna () or Basaveshwara (), ( 1134 – 1196 )) was a philosopher, Statesman and a social reformer from present-day Karnataka, India.
" Brahminical thought " interpret the Vachanaas as essence of Vedic knowledge while attempting to explain the social revolution, Basava was able to bring in.
It is believed that Lord Basava was born into a Shaiva Brahmin called madarasa and Madalambike family residing in a small town, Basavana Bagewadi in Bijapur district of northern Karnataka state, India in 1134 AD.
A deeply religious man, Jatti was the founder president of the " Basava Samithi ", a religious organisation which propagated the preachings of 12th century saint, philosopher and Hindu refomer Basaveshwara.
The Virasaiva religion brought in to practice by Lord Basavanna in 12th century & lord Kottureswara was the continuity of same sharana parampare established by Basava and sharanas.
Basava and from
While Basava understood shatsthala as a process with various stages to be attained in succession, Channabasavanna, Basava's nephew, differed radically from his uncle and held that a soul can reach its salvation in any stage.
With his honesty, hard work and visionary mission, Basava rose to the position of Prime Minister in the court of king Bijjala, who ruled from 1162 — 1167 at Kalyana ( presently renamed Basavakalyana ).
Basava and India
Basava Sagar Dam is a dam constructed across Krishna River, located at Narayanapur in Yadgir district, India.
Basava and .
In the twelfth century Basava founded the ViraShaiva school or Virashaivism.
It is said that Basava, rebelled against the rigid practices of the caste system prevalent in mainstream Hindu society, and eventually began new philosophy of Lingayatism with a casteless society at its core.
and " Om Sri Guru Basava Lingaya Namaha " is the Dwadahsa Mantra.
Basava created this as a protest against the feudalistic ideologies present at that time.
Basava exhorted all wearers of Ishta linga to practice daasoha without reservation.
Saints and Sharanas like Allama Prabhu, Akka Mahadevi, Siddarama and Basava were at the forefront of this development during the 12th century.
Basava established Anubhava Mantapa to establish spiritual social and economic democracy.
While the Indian society had converted workmanship into castes, Basava reversed the castes into workmanship again.
The Society differentiated people based on birth while Basava offered equal status to all.
Speaking of Basava: Lingayat religion and culture in South Asia.
Basava fought against the inhuman practice of caste system, which discriminated people based on their birth, and certain rituals in Hinduism.
Basava spread social awareness through his poetry known as Vachanaas.
But this theory, however, fails to explain why other well known religious leaders like Shankaracharya and Madhwacharya, who were very well acquainted with Vedic knowledge did not address the issues, that Basava did in later part of the history in 12th century.
Basava, like Gautama Buddha, did not preach people the intricate aspects of spirituality ; but, he taught people how to live happily in a rational social order later came to be known as Sharana movement.
Basava, said to have grown up in an orthodox Hindu religious household and rejected many practices in Vedic society based on some of the religious Scriptures called Agamas, Shastras, and Puranas in Sanskrit language.
Basava Purana, a 13th-century Telugu biographical epic poem, written by Palkuriki Somanatha, and its detailed Kannada version, written by Bhima Kavi in 1369 CE are scared texts in Lingayatism.
Basava created much controversy by actively ignoring the societal rules associated with the caste system, which he wished to abolish.
Premanand and 17
Premanand was born on 17 February 1930 in Kozhikode, Kerala.
Premanand and was
The case was dismissed, but Premanand appealed on the ground that spiritual power is not a defence recognised in law, which was also unsuccessful.
Premanand and India
In the 1940s, Premanand quit school to take part in Quit India Movement.
Premanand and .
Around 1975 Premanand started publicly denouncing the Indian godman, Sathya Sai Baba, and devoted his life to exposing godmen and paranormal phenomena.
Premanand used his skills as an amateur magician to try to give a natural explanation of some of the alleged miracles of gurus and godmen.
" Guru Busters ", the documentary by the British film maker Robert Eagle, features Premanand displaying and teaching the explanation for many supposedly supernatural stunts such as levitation, flesh piercing and live burials.
Well known laureates of Gujarati literature are Hemchandracharya, Narsinh Mehta, Mirabai, Akho, Premanand Bhatt, Shamal Bhatt, Dayaram, Dalpatram, Narmad, Govardhanram Tripathi, Gandhi, K. M. Munshi, Umashankar Joshi, Suresh Joshi, Pannalal Patel and Rajendra Keshavlal Shah.
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