Allama prabhu biography in kannada language basics

12th-century Veerashaiva saint and Vachana poet

Allamaprabhu was a 12th-century Lingayat-saint and Vachana poet (called Vachanakara) of the Kannada language,^[4] propagating the unitary consciousness of Self and Shiva.^{[web 1][6]} Allamaprabhu is one of the celebrated poets and the patron saint^{[note 1]} of the Lingayata^{[note 2]} movement that reshaped medieval Karnataka society and popular Kannada literature.

He is included among the "Trinity of Lingayathism", along with Basavanna, the founder of the movement, and Akka Mahadevi, the most prominent woman poet.

Allamaprabhu used poetry, now part of Vachana Sahitya literature, to criticise rituals and social conventions, to break down social barriers and to emphasize moral values and devotional worship of Shiva.^[9][10] It is well accepted that though Basavanna was the inspiration b