Procession marks Basava Jayanti in Belagavi
Members of various Veerashaiva and Lingayat organisations participated in a procession taken out as part of Basava Jayanti in Belagavi on Sunday.
Folk artists performed along the procession route that began at Rani Channamma Circle and ended at RLS College Grounds.
They raised slogans in favour of Basavanna and chanted his Vachanas.
The procession was part of a series of events orgaised as part of Basava Jayanti for the past week.
Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, MP Jagadish Shettar, MLAs Asif (Raju) Sait and Babasaheb Patil and Duryodhan Aihole, the former Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar Kore, the former MLC Mahantesh Kavatagimath, community leaders Ratnaprabha Bellad, Basavaraj Rotti, Lingaraj Jagajampi, Basavaraj Sontanavar and others were present.
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