The Society differentiated people based on birth while Basava offered equal status to all.

Basava fought against the inhuman practice of caste system, which discriminated people based on their birth, and certain rituals in Hinduism.

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.

* Mukto-mona. com, an Indian Skeptic's explanation of miracles: By Yuktibaadi, compiled by Basava Premanand

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.

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.

Basava created this as a protest against the feudalistic ideologies present at that time.

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.

Speaking of Basava: Lingayat religion and culture in South Asia.

Basava Premanand ( 17 February 1930-4 October 2009 ) was a skeptic and rationalist from Kerala, India.

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.

Basava () ( also known as Bhakti Bhandari Basavanna () or Basaveshwara (), ( 1134 – 1196 )) was a philosopher, Statesman and a social reformer from present-day Karnataka, India.

Basava spread social awareness through his poetry known as Vachanaas.

" Brahminical thought " interpret the Vachanaas as essence of Vedic knowledge while attempting to explain the social revolution, Basava was able to bring in.

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.

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.

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.

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The preacher exhorted, " God had made us all brothers and not enemies " and " the Great Father want us all to live together in peace on earth.

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Jude exhorted the believers to earnestly contend for the faith: " Beloved, while using all diligence to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you and exhort you to earnestly contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints " ( Jude 3 ).

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She was inspired by her master and mentor, the late Venerable Master Yin Shun ( 印順導師, Yìn Shùn dǎoshī ), a significant proponent of Humanistic Buddhism, who exhorted her to: " work for Buddhism and for all sentient beings.

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Though he was a Hindu monk and was hailed as the first Hindu missionary in modern times, he exhorted his followers to be true to their faith but respect all religions of the world as his Guru Sri Ramakrishna had taught that all religions are pathways to God.

A general council being in his eyes the only means of procuring serious reform, he exhorted all prelates and others to unite their efforts to bring it about.

In 590, when an epidemic caused by an overflow of the Tiber was ravaging Rome, Gregory the Great commanded a litany which is called " Septiformis "; on the preceding day he exhorted the people to fervent prayer, and arranged the order to be observed in the procession, viz, that the clergy from S. Giovanni Battista, the men from San Marcello, the monks from Santi Giovanni e Paolo ( Rome ), the unmarried women from Santi Cosma e Damiano, the married women from Santo Stefano Rotondo, the widows from San Vitale, the poor and the children from Santa Cecilia, were all to meet at Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.

The bishops urged in every way the use of the new Catechism ; they enjoined its frequent reading, so that all its contents would be committed to memory ; they exhorted the priests to discuss parts of it at their meetings, and insisted upon its being used for instructing the people.

The fifth decree of this Council exhorted the Council Fathers to provide missions and schools for all black Americans in their dioceses, as education was seen as a critical need by the community.

In the Apologeticum all mankind are exhorted to repent, in view of the approaching end of the world.

The Second Vatican Council also exhorted the Christian laity to take up the practice, and as a result, many lay people have begun reciting portions of the Liturgy of the Hours.

As Eleanor Flexner elaborates, for instance, The Revolution " exhorted women to equip themselves to earn their own livelihood, to practice bodily hygiene in the matter of fresh air, dress, and exercise.

And, finally, a point is made of slaughtering animals with a very sharp knife, a practice also exhorted by rabbinical law.