Published on: April 16, 2022
SRI SIDDALINGA SWAMI
SRI SIDDALINGA SWAMI
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Karnataka to celebrate birth anniversary of Sri Siddalinga Swami of Tontadarya Mutt’s in Gadag as ‘Integration Day’
Kadiri SRI SIDDALINGA SWAMI
- Great philosopher and thinker
- Dedicated to building a harmonious society
- Received the Rajyotsava award for communal harmony and the Rashtriya Basava Puraskar, National Integration Award
- Led the ‘Save Kappatagudda’ movement as he was immensely concerned about the environment
- Written scores of literary works with social reforms as the main theme
- Well known for his progressive actions
- 19th head of Tontadarya Mutt
- 80 educational institutions had also been established by him
- Aikya Mantapa is a structure built around the location where the seer’s mortal remains were buried on the Tontadarya Mutt grounds in Gadag