Describing Basaveshwara as a rare and transformative figure in history, thinker and president of the Karnataka Kulapurohita Aluru Venkataraya National Memorial Trust, Dharwad, Ramzan Darga has said that a true understanding of history reveals Basavanna as an unparalleled social reformer.
He was speaking at a special lecture organised on the occasion of Basava Jayanti at Adikavi Sri Maharshi Valmiki University in Raichur on Friday.