PM Narendra Modi to release 12th-century Kannada reformer Basavanna

PM Narendra Modi to release 12th-century Kannada reformer Basavanna

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil translated volumes of Vachana, penned by 12th century social reformer Basavanna and other saints in 23 Indian languages, on the social reformer's birth anniversary today. 

The Prime Minister will also release the digital version of the work at the first ever celebration of Basava Jayanthi at the national level in New Delhi. 

Vachana is a prosaic form well known in the Kannada literature which propagates values of universal brotherhood.