Basavanna

                             

1. Basavanna ( Virashaivism) :-

                  Born   : Basavana Bagewadi, in Bijapur Karnataka.(1105 CE )

                  Died   : Kudalasangama, Karnataka. ( 1167 CE )

1. The rich
will make temples for Shiva,
what shall I,

a poor man do ?
My legs are pillars,
the body the shrine,
the head a cupola of gold.

Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,
things standing shall fall,
but the moving ever shall stay:



2. How can i feel right
     about a god who eats up lacquer and melts,
        who wilts when he sees fire?

 How can i feel right 
  about gods you sell in your need,
   and gods you bury for fear of thieves ?

 The lord if the meeting rivers,
   self-born , one with himslef,
     he alone is the true god.