Anubhava Mantapa

Anubhava Mantapa
ಅನುಭವ ಮಂಟಪ ಬಸವಕಲ್ಯಾಣ
3d view of proposed new Anubhava Mantapa (Basavakalyan)
Religion
Affiliation	Lingayatism
Sect	Lingayatism
District	Bidar district
Region	Kalyana-Karnataka
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	under construction Religious Parliament
Ownership	Ma.gha.Cha Dr. Basavalinga Pattadevaru (president)
Governing body	Government of Karnataka
Year consecrated	12th Century
Location
Location	Tipranth, Basavakalyan, Bidar district, Karnataka, India
Municipality	Basavakalyan
State	Karnataka
Country	India
Administration	Government of Karnataka
Architecture
Founder	Basavanna
Funded by	Government of Karnataka
Date established	12th century
Construction cost	₹532 crore (US$67 million) ₹600 crore (US$75 million) (as per some news articles)
Specifications
Capacity	770 people
Width	1,884 feet (574 m)
Site area	101 acres (0.41 km2)
Elevation	182 ft (55 m)

Anubhava Mantapa, established by Basavanna in the 12th century C.E., is a religious complex located in Tipranth, Basavakalyan, in the Bidar district of Karnataka. It is the first religious parliament in the world, whose name is literally translated as "experience pavilion", and was an academy of mystics, saints and philosophers of the lingayat faith in the 12th century. It was the source of essentially all religious and philosophical thought pertaining to the lingayat, and was presided over by the mystic Allama Prabhu, with numerous Sharanas from all over Karnataka and other parts of India participating.

This institution was also the fountainhead of Vachana literature, which was used as the means by which Veerashaiva religious and philosophical thought was propagated. Other giants of veerashaiva theosophy, including Akka Mahadevi, Channabasavanna, and Basavanna himself, were active at the Anubhava Mantapa. The Anubhava Mantapa is also called the Mahaamane.^[1]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to Anubhava Mantapa in his speech during the inauguration of a new parliamentary building, stating that the Anubhava Mantapa established by Basavanna in the 12th century is the foundation of parliamentary democracy.^[2]