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UGC NET December 2023 History
Kalamukha is a sect of:
AJainism
BShaivism ✓ Correct
CBuddhism
DNarayanism
Correct answer: (B) Shaivism — The answer is Shaivism, of which the Kalamukha was an extreme sect.
Explanation
★The answer is Shaivism, of which the Kalamukha was an extreme sect.
★Its followers ate from a human skull and smeared ash from the cremation ground.
★The sect was active in the Karnataka region between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.
★The Kedareshwara temple at Belagavi in Shimoga was a main centre.
★Like the Kapalikas, the Kalamukhas were known for severe ascetic practices.
★It belonged to the Shaiva fold, not Jainism, Buddhism or any Narayanism.
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