Virashaiva – Bharathiyam https://www.bharathiyam.com Sanatana Dharma | Culture | Heritage Fri, 28 Nov 2025 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Kannada Vachanas and Keerthanas – The Voice of the People’s Bhakti https://www.bharathiyam.com/stories/spiritual-movement/kannada-vachanas-and-keerthanas-the-voice-of-the-peoples-bhakti/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:53:58 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/?p=1784 When devotion became the language of the people, poetry ceased to belong only to the learned. It was no longer confined to temples or courts, but to the streets, the fields, and the workshops. This transformation found one of its purest expressions in Karnataka through the Vachana and Keerthana traditions — where saints, mystics, and common folk sang of a God who lived not in the heavens but in…

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