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The Lingayat (Marathi) of India

The Lingayat (Marathi) of India, numbering approximately 105,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a major religious community centered in Karnataka and also found in Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. They follow a Shaiva tradition associated with the 12th-century philosopher, poet, and social reformer Basavanna (Basaveshwara) and can also be known as [no data].
They are an Indigenous people, with Lingayat as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kanarese people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Marathi.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Lingayat (Marathi) are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Lingayat (Marathi) are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Lingayat (Marathi) are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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