Siddaganga Matha Lingayata Virakta Monastery | |
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Shatasthala Flag Basavanna Shivakumar Swami Shivakumara Swami with Abdul Kalam Shivakumar Swami with Narendra Modi | |
Location | |
Coordinates | 13°19′18″N 77°08′55″E / 13.321745°N 77.148596°E |
Place | Tumkur |
Religious | |
Guru | Basava |
Lineage | Allama Prabhu |
Founder | Shree Haradanahalli Gosala Siddeshwara Swamigalu |
Head | Shree Siddalinga Swami |
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Siddaganga Matha also known as Siddaganga Kshetra, is a Lingayata monastery, with an attached educational institution. The matha was established by Sri Haradanahalli Gosala Siddeshwara Swamigalu in the 15th century at a village near Tumkur in the Karnataka state of India.[1][2][3] The 44th Kannada Sahithya Sammelana was held in 1963 in Siddaganga, under the presidency of R. S. Mugali.