Kudalasangama is a small village in Bijapur district.
This is not to say that he was unhappy in Kudalasangama.
could keep himself aloof and lead the life of an ascetic at Kudalasangama.
he saw around him the same corrupt society: Kudalasangama was in no way different from Bagewadi.
We observed earlier that Basava
severed all his earthly connections and came to Kudalasangama where God became everything to him.
His immediate ideal, however, was to settle there and devote his entire life to the service of God Kudalasangama.
Basava chose to come to Kudalasangama not because there were people to whom he could go,
but because there was God Kudalasangama or Sangameshwarathe deity he secretly adored.
But as he grew in years and matured into a young man,
he saw around him the same corrupt society: Kudalasangama was in no way different from Bagewadi.
Basava chose to come to Kudalasangama not because there were people to whom he could go, but because there was God Kudalasangama or Sangameshwarathe deity he secretly adored.
It was a new movement rather than a new religion that he started BASAVA THOUGHT that he
could keep himself aloof and lead the life of an ascetic at Kudalasangama.