The
founders of K.L.E.S pledged to dedicate for the cause of education
with noble ideals and fertile imagination in heart & established
Karnatak Lingayat Education Society.
They are also addressed as “Saptarishis”
[Seven Saints] in honour of their unparallelled service in the
field of education.
The saga begins with its illustrious founders.
Sri. Chachadi Veerabhadrappa Gunappa Desai
, ruler of chachadi province,Sri. Artal
Rudragouda, District Deputy Collector in the British Government,
and Sri. Vaijappa Anigol,
RaoBahadur during the British Rule,
who all collectively believed in providing education for the common man.
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Their efforts were ably supplemented by the seven visionaries-
Sri. S. S. Basavanal, Sri. M. R. Sakhare,
Sri. B. B. Mamadapur, Sri. H. F. Kattimani, Sri. Panditappa Chikkodi,
Sri. B. S. Hanchinal and Sri. Sardar Veeranagouda Patil,
with the collective contribution from renowned philanthropists of
the region, such as Sri. Sirsangi Lingaraj, Sri. Raja Lakhamagouda Sardesai
and Sri. Bhoomaraddi Basappa and help from
other philosophers,intellectuals and educationists, the society began laying
a strong educational foundation, with its base at Belgaum, Karnataka.
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