Fakir Dingaleshwar Swami, head of a Shirahatti Lingayat mutt, filed his independent Dharwad constituency nomination, rallying local seers a...

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar has notruled out the possibility of the party backing a prominent seer who announced he would c...

Fakir Dingaleshwara Swami contests Dharwad Lok Sabha race, opposing Joshi. Congress backs Swami against BJP. Murugha Mutt distances. Joshi ...

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, announced his candidacy as an independent from the Dharwad Lok Sabha cons...

Fakir Dingaleshwar Swami, the head of a Lingayat mutt in Shirahatti, held a meeting with a group of community seers at Murugha mutt premise...

A Lingayat seer is challenging Union Minister Pralhad Joshi for the Dharwad seat, threatening to run as an independent if the BJP doesn't r...

In Karnataka, elections can be won or lost with just a nod or a shake of head from the chief of a mutt. Though many mutts do not take part ...

In the past, the seer has hosted Congress' Rahul Gandhi and influential RSS-BJP leaders. BJP leader BS Yediyurappa has backed the seer, say...

After a conversation with Lingayat seers of various mutts, the seer of Muruga Mutt, Shivamurthy Muruga Sharana initiated Gandhi into Lingay...

"In the wake of COVID cases increasing, our Principal Secretary-Health will hold meetings with officials of all districts to know about the...

The accusation comes close on the heels of BJP leader K S Eshwarappa resigning from his ministerial position on Saturday after a contractor...

The 78-year-old CM thanked the mutt heads, who held a meeting with him on Wednesday, for reposing faith in him, but said he would abide by ...

Several seers and leaders of the dominant community, which is estimated to form about 16 per cent of the states population, have cautioned ...

Yeddyurappa made the remarks while addressing Lingayat seers who protested against alleged injustice meted out to North Karnataka.

The Lingayats were instrumental in bringing the BJP to power in 2008 and a large chunk of them continue to be BJP supporters.

Basavanna’s religion was founded in present-day Basavakalyana in Bidar district. Given his revolutionary teachings, he was persecuted by th...

This election season, every politician irrespective of party affiliation, be it Rahul Gandhi or Amit Shah, has made a stop at Siddaganga Mu...