The Virashaiva (Lingayat) movement of twelfth-century Karnataka was started by:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Basavanna
The Virashaiva movement was begun in Karnataka in the mid-twelfth century by Basavanna and his companions Allama Prabhu and Akkamahadevi. It argued for the equality of all human beings.