Moorusavira Matha

Moorusavira Matha is a Lingayath monastery established in XII Century. Within the monastery's premises are the tombs of monastery heads over the centuries including the founder Shri Gurusiddeshwara Swami. The monastery's name is attributed to the visit of Sri Channabasaveshwara (Jagadguru Basaveshwara's nephew) with a group of three thousand Shivasharanas visit to here. The Kannada phrase for 'three thousand' is 'mooru savira'. Hence the name Moorusavira Matha.

After Jagadguru Basaveshwara quits the post of minister at King Bijjala's court and moves to Kudala Sangama for good, the king's army starts subduing the revolutionary movement of Shivasharanas. To escape the persecution, Shivashranas leave Kalyana along with their collection of literary work. Channabasaveshwara and his group with a plan to go to Ulavi (in the jungles of Uttara Kannada) come to Dharwad, where they stay at Ulavi Basaveswara Gudi. At some point of time before going to Ulavi, the group also happens to visit Shri Gurusiddeshwara Swami's monastery at Hubballi