Speaking at a function organised to present the Sarvothama Seva Awards for 2023 to 30 State government officers/employees here, the Chief Minister told employees to follow the Constitution and ...

Ganiga, Sadara, Uppara, Kudu Vokkaliga, Jangama, and others, Siddaramaiah is trying to weaken the very existence of the Lingayat community.

Sub-sects like Reddy Lingayats, Ganiga Lingayats, Hande Wazir, Agasa, Hadpad, and Gowli Lingayats, have allegedly been sidelined or poorly counted. Even worse, 16 Lingayat sub-sects are entirely ...

But in the case of Veerashaiva-Lingayats, some members of their sub castes like Ganiga Lingayats, Banajiga Lingayats and Sadara Lingayats may have identified as belonging to their equivalent ...

and local organization heads Satish Poojary and Sarvothama Shetty. KPSD donates a smart classroom to a Kannada medium government school in Karnataka every year. This year, a smart classroom was ...

In Mallikarjun’s view, dominant castes among Lingayats such as the Panchamasali, Banajiga, Reddy, Ganiga, and Jangama have set the narrative around the caste census. “It doesn’t matter what ...

He further said that the Association has invited online entries from the District Government servants for the prestigious ‘Sarvothama Seva’ Award. The last date to apply is Apr.16. Association ...

Karnataka Chief Minister D Siddaramaiah's ambitious caste survey has created ripples in the socio-political fabric of the state. The Socio-Economic and Education Survey recommended raising the OBC ...

One reason why the Veerashaiva-Lingayat population has seen a drop was many members recorded their community as Hindu-Sadar, Hindu-Ganiga and Hindu-Banajiga to save their quota under 2A category, ...