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Karnataka to celebrate birth anniversary  of Sri Siddalinga Swami of Tontadarya Mutt’s in Gadag as ‘Integration Day’

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