Ilushiktka: added a data with sources

2026-01-04T16:46:08Z

added a data with sources

New page

{{Short description|Indian philosopher (1935–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sharanabasappa Appaji
| image = Sharanabaswappa_Appaji.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|11|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kalaburagi]], Karnataka, India
| death_date = {{Death date|2025|08|14|df=y}}<ref name="TH">{{cite web |title=Sharanabaswappa Appa passes away at 91 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sharanabaswappa-appa-passes-away-at-91/article69934103.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=14 August 2025}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Karnataka]]
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Educationist]], [[chancellor]]
| years_active =
| known_for =
| awards = [[Rajyotsava Award]]
| notable_works =
}}

'''Poojya Sharanabasappa Appaji''' (14 November 1935 – 14 August 2025) was an Indian philosopher, educationist, and social worker. He was the founder and chancellor of [[Sharnbasva University]], Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sharnbasva University |url=https://sharnbasvauniversity.edu.in/c.php |website=sharnbasvauniversity.edu.in}}</ref> He was the 8th Peetadhipathi of the [[Sharana Basaveshwara Temple|Sharanabasaveshwara Sansthan Kalaburagi]].<ref name="TH" />

==Sharanabasaveshwar Samsthan==
Appaji was the 8th Peetadhipathi of the Sharanabasaveshwara Sansthan Kalaburagi. After the death of Appaji, his son Doddappa Appa was crowned as the 9th Peetadhipati of Sharanabasaveshwar Samsthan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Five-year-old Doddappa Appa crowned as ninth Peetadhipati of Sharanabasaveshwar Samsthan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/five-year-old-doddappa-appa-crowned-as-ninth-peetadhipati-of-sharanabasaveshwar-samsthan/article38393226.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=7 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="jatra">{{cite web |title=Kalaburagi Sharana Basaveshwara Matha: 5ರ ಬಾಲಕಗೆ ಶರಣ ಬಸವ ಪೀಠದ ಪಟ್ಟಾಧಿಕಾರ |url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/gallery/karnataka-districts/5-years-old-boy-doddappa-appaji-is-now-successor-to-sharana-basaveshwara-matha-grg-r6z5fd#image1}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
Sharanbasappa Appa devoted his life to enhancing educational possibilities for the disadvantaged, establishing the Samsthana as a prominent center of learning.<ref name="DC">{{cite web |title=Karnataka Govt Gives Full State Honours to Dr. Sharnbaswappa Appaji |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/karnataka/karnataka-govt-gives-full-state-honours-to-dr-sharnbaswappa-appaji-1897787 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en |date=16 August 2025}}</ref>

He established many educational institutions, such as "Sharnbasveshwar College of Science, Kalaburagi" and "Godutai Doddappa Appa Women's college Gulbarga" in the region and has made significant contributions to the field of education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poojya Dr. Sharnbaswappa Appa |url=https://godutaidegree.org/PresidentPage.aspx |website=godutaidegree.org}}</ref> In Karnataka, he has created schools for engineering, women's education, and degree programs, benefiting both students and those in need.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kharge meets family members of Peetadhipathi Dr Sharanabasappa Appa who passed away recently in Kalaburagi - Public TV English |url=https://english.publictv.in/kharge-meets-family-members-of-peetadhipathi-dr-sharanabasappa-appa-who-passed-away-recently-in-kalaburagi |website=Publictv.in |date=7 September 2025}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
On 15 August 2025, the Karnataka government bestowed full state honors upon Appaji.<ref name="DC"/>

==Awards and honors==
* In 1988, [[Government of Karnataka]] felicitated the [[List of Rajyotsava Award recipients (1981–1990)|Rajyotsava Award]] to Appaji<ref>{{cite web|url=https://karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State%20Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/en|title=Rajyotsava Awards|work=karnataka.gov.in}}</ref>

==Illness and death==
Appaji died on 14 August 2025 in [[Kalaburagi]]. He had been suffering from a prolonged age-related illness.<ref name="TH"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Appaji, Sharanabasappa}}
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:2025 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Kalaburagi]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian philosophers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian philosophers]]
[[Category:Karnataka academics]]
[[Category:Rajyotsava Award]]

Sharanabasappa Appaji - Revision history

Ilushiktka: added a data with sources