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Presiding: Koodala Sangama Deva / Shiva · Shukla Paksha Ashtami

Contemplating work as divine worship (Kayakave Kailasa) and realizing the body as the living temple.

Today's Flagship Chants
Kayakave Kailasa
ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

Contemplating work as divine worship (Kayakave Kailasa) and realizing the body as the living temple.

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Transformative Kannada prose-poems composed by Jagadguru Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi, and Allama Prabhu teaching that honest labor is worship (Kayakave Kailasa) and the living body is the true temple.

⭐Work is Worship
Kayakave Kailasa — Basavanna Vachana
ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

The immortal revolutionary maxim declaring that truthful, selfless labor performed with devotion leads directly to spiritual liberation.

The egalitarian, revolutionary principles of the 12th-century Sharana movement: work as sacred worship (Kayaka), universal selfless sharing (Dasoha), and spiritual evolution through Shatsthala.

⭐Sacred Labor as Worship
Kayaka: The Sacred Philosophy of 'Work is Worship' in Lingayat Tradition
ಕಾಯಕವೇ ಕೈಲಾಸ

Basavanna's foundational teaching establishing that dedicated, honest physical labor done with devotion is itself the highest spiritual attainment.

The sacred shrines of the Lingayat tradition, including the Krishna-Malaprabha river confluence at Kudalasangama where Basavanna attained divine union.

⭐The Sacred Aikya Sthala
Kudalasangama: The River Confluence Where Basavanna Attained Aikya
ಕೂಡಲಸಂಗಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ

The holy confluence of the Krishna and Malaprabha rivers, the spiritual focal point of Basavanna's prayers to Lord Koodalasangamadeva.