Anubhava Mantapa announces recipients of its 2026 awards

Anubhava Mantapa announced four recipients of its 2026 awards. Music director Hamsalekha will receive the Poojya Shri Dr Channabasava Pattadevaru Anubhava Mantapa Award for his contributions to music and social service. The award carries ₹1 lakh and a citation.

Navalinga Sharanaru was selected for the Basava Bhaskara National Award for his work on Basava philosophy and the teachings of the sharanas. Psychiatrist C. R. Chandrashekar will receive the Anubhava Mantapa National Award for five decades of service in psychiatry. Both awards carry ₹1 lakh and a citation.

Kannada writer and researcher Santosh Hanagal will receive the Dr. M. M. Kalburgi National Award for his contributions to literature and research. It carries ₹50,000 and a citation.

Notable Points

• Anubhava Mantapa and Vachana literature: The 12th-century Anubhava Mantapa was presided over by Allama Prabhu and brought together mystics, saints and philosophers of the Lingayat faith. It was also a source of Vachana literature.
• Vachana form and authorial invocations: Vachanas are accessible Kannada prose compositions associated with the Sharana movement. They often end with an invocation of Shiva that can identify the author: Basava used “Kudala Sangama Deva,” while Allama Prabhu used “Guheshwara.”