Lingayat Seer

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, on Monday said he has decided to contest as an independent candidate from Dharwad segment in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Court extends custody of Shivamurthy Sharanaru; 16-year-old says she was sexually abused multiple times; chargesheet reveals more chilling details

Senior police officers confirmed to NDTV that the chargesheet, based on the statements of the victims, mentions how the minor girls living in the hostel of Murugha mutt were drugged, and abused by the Lingayat seer.

The police have filed a chargesheet against rape-accused Chitradurga Lingayat mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru.

Days after the death by suicide of a Lingayat seer, Basavalinga Swami, in Karnataka, a 21-year-old woman and a seer from a rival mutt have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing him.

Videos from the 45-year-old Lingayat mutt head in Ramanagara district are being investigated, says report quoting cops

Karnataka Lingayat seer suicide: Four obscene videos are doing the rounds, say investigators, as woman screen-recorded private moments with the 45-year-old sect leader

Cops says tracing his last few calls as, in suicide note, he wrote of being harassed by "some people who wanted to remove him from his position"

A fresh case has been registered against Karnataka's Lingayat leader Shivamurthy Sharanaru, who is currently in jail in a separate case of sexual abuse, after four minor girls alleged that they were sexually assaulted by him for years.

A Lingayat seer in Karnataka was found dead at his mutt in Belagavi early this morning, officials have said.

Late night, September 1. The police in Chitradurga, Karnataka, moved in to arrest a man charged with the rape of two minor girls. The police had put in place considerable security before the arrest - including barricades and extra personnel.

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, who was arrested yesterday over rape allegations, will be in police custody for four days.

Shivamurthy Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, was arrested yesterday after massive pressure from the civil society. Two minor girls have accused him of rape and a case was filed 6 days ago.

Congress leader gets initiated into Lingayat sect; a seer predicts he'll be PM like grandmother and father, but head seer cuts in

A Lingayat seer has accused Karnataka's Basavaraj Bommai government of taking a 30 per cent cut from the grants set aside for the welfare and development of mutts.

Fakira Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Fakkireshwar Math, a prominent Veerashaiva Lingayat seer, on Monday said he has decided to contest as an independent candidate from Dharwad segment in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Court extends custody of Shivamurthy Sharanaru; 16-year-old says she was sexually abused multiple times; chargesheet reveals more chilling details

Senior police officers confirmed to NDTV that the chargesheet, based on the statements of the victims, mentions how the minor girls living in the hostel of Murugha mutt were drugged, and abused by the Lingayat seer.

The police have filed a chargesheet against rape-accused Chitradurga Lingayat mutt seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru.

Days after the death by suicide of a Lingayat seer, Basavalinga Swami, in Karnataka, a 21-year-old woman and a seer from a rival mutt have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing him.

Videos from the 45-year-old Lingayat mutt head in Ramanagara district are being investigated, says report quoting cops

Karnataka Lingayat seer suicide: Four obscene videos are doing the rounds, say investigators, as woman screen-recorded private moments with the 45-year-old sect leader

Cops says tracing his last few calls as, in suicide note, he wrote of being harassed by "some people who wanted to remove him from his position"

A fresh case has been registered against Karnataka's Lingayat leader Shivamurthy Sharanaru, who is currently in jail in a separate case of sexual abuse, after four minor girls alleged that they were sexually assaulted by him for years.

A Lingayat seer in Karnataka was found dead at his mutt in Belagavi early this morning, officials have said.

Late night, September 1. The police in Chitradurga, Karnataka, moved in to arrest a man charged with the rape of two minor girls. The police had put in place considerable security before the arrest - including barricades and extra personnel.

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, who was arrested yesterday over rape allegations, will be in police custody for four days.

Shivamurthy Sharanaru, a religious leader of Karnataka's politically powerful Lingayat community, was arrested yesterday after massive pressure from the civil society. Two minor girls have accused him of rape and a case was filed 6 days ago.

Congress leader gets initiated into Lingayat sect; a seer predicts he'll be PM like grandmother and father, but head seer cuts in

A Lingayat seer has accused Karnataka's Basavaraj Bommai government of taking a 30 per cent cut from the grants set aside for the welfare and development of mutts.