Basava Jayanti

Birth anniversary of Basavanna, the 12th-century Kannada philosopher and social reformer who founded the Lingayat/Veerashaiva tradition and the Anubhava Mantapa. Observed chiefly in Karnataka on Vaishakha Shukla Tritiya.

Also known as Basava Jayanthi · Basaveshwara Jayanti · Akshaya Tritiya (same day)