and offers a testimony to the spiritual struggles faced by a female mystic in a patriarchal society. In her vachanas, Akka Mahadevi expressed her radical views on women’s roles, Hindu ritualism, caste, etc. conferred to her the honorific term ‘Akka’ meaning ‘an elder sister’. The other Virashaiva saints like Basavanna, Siddharama, Allamaprabhu, etc.
It is said that she was the first woman to have written vachanas in Kannada literature. Akka Mahadevi is highly regarded for her vachanas, and is seen as an inspirational woman both for the history of Karnataka and Kannada literature.
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