Guru Basava Jayanti: Anubhava Mantapa and The Democracy India Forgot

On this Guru Basava Jayanti, as we remember Guru Basava, public discourse often circles around familiar themes—equality, dignity of labour, and devotion. While these are central to his thought, they only reveal part of his vision. What often remains underexplored is his most radical and structured contribution: The Anubhava Mantapa. To reduce it to a…