Basaveshwara

When the child Basava was born he did not cry or open his eyes for days. According to Sage Jataveda who later became his guru Basava had been in a yogic trance. Basaveshvara was a unique human being a reformer way ahead of his times. Eight hundred years ago at a time when society was ridden with the evils of a rigid caste system he spoke of equality and believed in the emancipation of women.