Lingayatism was founded to disrupt Hinduism's Brahminical order. Centuries later, the community's social elite and new middle class has embraced the neoliberal and communal policies beloved of the Sangh Parivar.
Some Veerashaiva-Lingayat seers had appealed to the chief minister for a survey of the 'Peer Pasha Bangla', claiming that it was the original 'Anubhava Mantapa', the sacred seat of the founder of Lingayat sect Basaveshwara.