“The literature of the Sharanas and the Sufis played a decisive role in the Hyderabad Karnataka region in bringing people from different culture and faiths under one roof,” Rahamat Tarikere, professor of Kannada Literature, Kannada University, Hampi, has said.
Chairing the third District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at the Raja Raghav Pamanaik Vedike, Garudadri Kalmandir, Surpur town in Yadgir district, on Sunday, Dr. Tarikere said that the Sharanas and the Sufis in the Hyderabad Karnataka region had brought significant changes among people and strengthened society on the basis of humanity and brotherhood concept.
He was delivering a keynote address on Sharanas, Sufis and Tatvapada legacy in Yadgir district. Dr. Tarikere also recalled how the rich literature, including Kaviraj Marga, written by saints made the region achieve heritage value.
Shanta Math, lecturer of V.G. Women College, Kalaburagi, who gave a special lecture on the event, said that “whatever literature [was available], and which is still alive, was by the people from rural areas.”
Dr. Shanta Math also appealed to the young generation to study the rich literature of the Sharanas, the Dasas and the Sufis from the Hyderabad Karnataka region to ensure that it was preserved and carried forward for the next generation.
Journalist Venkatagiri Deshpande spoke.
Rangaraj Wanadurga, president-nominee of the sammelan, Raja Madangopal Naik, former Minister, Marigowda Hulakal and others were present.
