Identify the incorrect statements regarding the 'Virashaiva' tradition:

(A) The twelfth-century witnessed the emergence of a new movement in Kerala.
(B) This movement was led by Nayanars.
(C) They practiced funerary rites such as cremation.
(D) The tradition discouraged post-puberty marriages and remarriage of widows.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (B), (C) and (D)

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C) and (D)

(A) The twelfth-century witnessed the emergence of a new movement in Kerala. Incorrect. The twelfth century witnessed the emergence of a new movement in Karnataka (not Kerala).
(B) This movement was led by Nayanars. Incorrect. It was led by a Brahmana named Basavanna (1106-68) who was a minister in the court of a Kalachuri ruler.
(C) They practiced funerary rites such as cremation. Incorrect. Lingayats believe that on death the devotee will be united with Shiva and will not return to this world. Therefore they do not practise funerary rites such as cremation, prescribed in the Dharmashastras.
(D) The tradition discouraged post-puberty marriages and remarriage of widows. Incorrect. The Lingayats also encouraged certain practices disapproved in the Dharmashastras, such as post-puberty marriage and the remarriage of widows.