 But the spirit soon disappeared after the intermarriage that Basava facilitated came to an abrupt end when the couple were punished for the same by the King.The dream of the classless society was shaken and Basava soon realised the meek picture and left for Kudala Sangama and a year later died.The movement gave a literature of considerable value in the vernacular language of the country, the literature which attained the dignity of a classical tongue.