M. K. Karibasava Sastri writes in Kannada on the lives and teachings of the sixty-three revered saints of the Veerashaiva-Lingayat tradition, as presented in ಅರವತ್ತುಮೂರು ಪುರಾತನರ (Aravattamuru Puratanara). The work draws on the hagiographic canon that forms a cornerstone of Sharana devotional literature in Karnataka.