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The Virashaiva movement in mid-twelfth-century Karnataka was initiated by:

ABasavanna
BRamanuja
CShankara
DNamdev
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Basavanna
1. Allama Prabhu and Akkamahadevi were his companions. 2. Basavanna started the movement. 3. It opposed caste and idol worship. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._
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