Complex sentence: Their rule was a short and turbulent and yet very important from a the socio-religious movement point of view; a new sect called the Lingayat or Virashaiva sect was founded during these times.
Split into simpler sentences: Their rule was a short and turbulent and yet very important from a the socio-religious movement point of view. A new sect called the Lingayat or Virashaiva sect was founded during these times.