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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = Sharana<br />
| name = Haralayya<br />
| birth_place = [[Basavakalyan]], [[Karnataka]]<br />
| death_place = Basavakalyan, Karnataka<br />
| works = propagator of ''[[Vachana sahitya|Sharana movement]]''<br />
| module = {{infobox clergy<br />
| child=yes<br />
| religion=[[Lingayatism]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Haralayya''' was a 12th-century [[Lingayatism|Lingayat]] saint and poet of [[Vachana sahitya]] in India. He joined [[Anubhava Mantapa]], the hall created by [[Basava]], where every caste was welcome.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=S.S.MALWAD|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRTDAgAAQBAJ&pg=PP12&dq=haralayya#q=haralayya|title=Basaveswara|last2=Litent|date=2014-01-01|publisher=Litent|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Haralayya was born in [[Basavakalyan|Kalyan]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Nagendra Kr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcpa_T-7oVQC&pg=PA739&dq=haralayya#q=haralayya|title=Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's Ethnography|date=2006|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|isbn=978-81-8220-168-2|language=en}}</ref> He was a [[Cobbler (shoemaker)|cobbler]] and an ardent follower of [[Basava]], who founded [[Lingayatism]]. He married Kalyanamma, who was also a follower of Basava.<br />
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Once he met Basava on the streets and greeted him, eliciting a polite reply Basava. Haralayya was dumb struck that he was greeted so courteously by the king's treasurer. Later he regretted that he did not answer Basava's greeting and failed to show humility. So he and Kalyanamma decided to offer footwear made from their own skin to Basava. But Basava refused to accept the gift, because he did not regard himself worthy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Schouten|first=Jan Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eo0JR8nH3I8C&pg=PA48&dq=haralayya#q=haralayya|title=Revolution of the Mystics: On the Social Aspects of Vīraśaivism|date=1995|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe|isbn=978-81-208-1238-3|language=en}}</ref><br />
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On his way back home, Haralayya met Madhavarasa, a Brahmin minister of Kalchuris, who tried to snatch the shoes and take them with him, but because of this misdeed, he contracted [[leprosy]]. His maid took him to Haralayya to cure him, and after bathing in water from Haralayya's tank, he healed. Madhavarasa apologized to him and took 'Istalingadiksha' and became a follower of [[Lingayatism]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haralayya and Kalyanamma|url=https://lingayatreligion.com/Sharanaru/Haralayya_and_Kalyanamma.htm|website=Lingayat Religion|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref><br />
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Basava arranged the marriage of Madhavarasa's daughter, Lavanya, to Haralayya's son, Sheelavantha, which resulted in strong opposition by [[Bijjala II]], the ruler of [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Southern Kalachuris]]. Offended by the decision, he killed both Madhavara and Haralayya's family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Basava and the emergence of Lingayat identity|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/6bBqSNlafYePpSP9R3NulN/Basava-and-the-emergence-of-Lingayat-identity.html|last=Pillai|first=Manu S.|date=2017-07-28|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref><br />
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== In popular culture ==<br />
In 2014, [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] film director Purushottam directed the movie [[Ramesh Aravind filmography|''Mahasharana Haralayya'']], chronicling the story of Haralayya's life.<ref>{{Citation|title=Mahasharana Haralayya Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Mahasharana Haralayya by Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/mahasharana-haralayya/movie-review/28707526.cms|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref><br />
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Haralayya Tirth was built at the entrance of [[Basavakalyan]] by Basava Dharma Peetha Charitable Trust.<ref>{{Cite web|title=108 feet Basavanna Statue Basavakalyan|url=https://kalyankarnataka.in/108-feet-basavanna-statue-basavakalyan/|last=kalyankarnataka|date=2019-12-25|website=Kalyan Karnataka|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:12th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Lingayat saints]]<br />
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