Lingayat

I look like a Coorgi but I am a Lingayat and I always had a Pge boy's hair cut until it's time for my wedding!

Kandyache Thallipeeth bhags 2008

Basava created and organized the Lingayat sect of fanatic, anti-Brahman worshipers of Siva under a phallic emblem.

1076-1147 2001

A Lingayat must never be without the _lingam_ or phallic sign of Siva, which is carried slung round the neck in a little case of silver, copper or brass.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

A brief account of the Lingayat sect has been given in a separate article.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

The Lingayat Banias form a separate endogamous group, and they do not eat or intermarry either with other Banias or with members of other castes belonging to the Lingayat sect.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Panchamsalis are the descendants of the original Brahman converts to the Lingayat sect.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

The meaning of the term Chilliwant is not known; it is said that a member of this subcaste will throw away his food or water if it is seen by any one who is not a Lingayat, and they shave the whole head.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

[112] The name of Balija seems also to have been applied to a mixed caste started by Basava, the founder of the Lingayat sect of Sivites, these persons being known in Madras as Linga Balijas.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Lingayat is no sooner buried than he is forgotten.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

-- A caste of Saiva mendicants, who call themselves Vir Shaiva, and are priests of the Lingayat sect; a subcaste of Jogi.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894