Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Bhandarkar equates the Virashaiva with the Lingayat sect and traces its origin to a split in the Aradhya school of the Saivas. Reason (R): Acceptance of Brahamanical rituals and caste ascendency constitutes the core of the Lingayat movement. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Bhandarkar equates the Virashaiva with the Lingayat sect and traces its origin to a split in the Aradhya school of the Saivas. Reason (R): Acceptance of Brahamanical rituals and caste ascendency constitutes the core of the Lingayat movement. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?