Sree Narayana Guru was born at Chempazhanthy
in Trivandrum district on 20 August 1854
(Vayalvarathu Veedu)
He is known as the Father of Kerala Renaissance.
The parents of Sree Narayana Guru were
Madanasan and Kuttiyamma.
He met Chattampi Swamikal at the Aniyur temple
near Chempazhanthy.
His famous Aruvippuram Consecration (Siva) was
in the year 1888.
S.N.D.P Yogam was founded in 1903 and Guru became
the life time President and Kumaranasan as
Secretary.
The Vavoottuyogam started at Aruvippuram is considered
as the predecessor of S.N.D.P. Yogam.
Guru founded the Sarada temple at Varkala in 1915
(1087 KE) and the Advaitasrama at Aluva on the
banks of Periyar.
He gave the message ‘‘One caste, One Religion,
One God for Man’’ at a conference held at the
Advaitasrama.
‘Atmopadesha Satakam’’, ‘‘Nirvriti Panchakam’’,
‘‘Da r s a n ama l a ’’ , ‘ J a t ime emams a ’ ,
‘Ardhanareeswara Sthothram’ etc are the major
works of Guru.
Dr. Palpu was responsible for the connection between
Guru and Swami Vivekananda.
The famous Sivagiri pilgrim festival conducted on
December 30, 31 and January 1 was started by
Guru.
Tagore visited Guru in 1922.
Gandhiji visited Guru at Sivagiri in 1925.
Sri Narayana Guru died on 20 September 1928 (1104
Kanni 5) at Sivagiri.
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