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'''Devara Daasimayya''', was an Indian mid-11th century [[poet]] and vachanakaara in [[Kannada language|Kannada]]. He was born in Mudanuru, a village in [[Shorapur]] Taluk, [[Yadagiri]] district in Karnataka. A weaver by profession, his village had a Ramanatha temple among its many temples, dedicated to [[Shiva]] as worshiped by [[Rama]]. That is why Dasimayya's pen name (ankita nama) is Ramanatha, meaning Rama's Lord, i.e. Shiva.<br />
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Dasimayya's [[vachanas]] are dedicated to Ramanatha. He was one of the earliest propagator of Hinduism in India. He was a staunch worshipper of Shiva.<br />
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According to the legend, Dasimayya was performing intense [[Asceticism|ascetic]] practices in a [[jungle]], when he claimed [[Shiva]] appeared to him. He allegedly told him to work in the practical world. As a result, Dasimayya renounced his practices and took up the trade of a [[weaver (occupation)|weaver]]. He is also known as Jedara Dasimayya, "Dasimayya of the weavers".<ref name="Mangi1llam">{{cite web|title=Saliya|url=https://mangiillam.com/saliya/}}</ref> Today there is a large community of weavers called [[Devanga]] spread across the southern states of [[India]] who follow devara Dasimayya.<ref name="Devanga_Weavers_Sen10">{{cite news|title='Will raise weavers' issue in Assembly session'|date=26 February 2019|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/bsy-promises-raise-weavers-720533.html|newspaper=Deccan Herald|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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Today, popular tradition identifies several places where Dasimayya set up his weaver's looms in Mudanuru.<br />
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Dasimayya married Duggale, who grew up in Shivapura. He later became a [[teacher]], eventually giving initiation to the wife of the local [[Chalukya]] king Jayasimha, Suggale.<ref name=Ramanujan1973>{{cite book |last1=Ramanujan |first1=AK |title=Speaking of Siva |url=https://archive.org/details/speakingofiva0000rama |url-access=registration |date=1973 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=0140442707 |page=[https://archive.org/details/speakingofiva0000rama/page/92 92] }}</ref><br />
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A street in Bengaluru has been renamed after Dasimayya. After much opposition from Indian National Congress, on 12th October 2022, Jumma Masjid Street in the heart of Bengaluru was renamed "Sree Devara Dasimayya Road".<br />
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