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Swami Narayan Guru

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    4th Sep, 2020
  • Tributes were paid to spiritual leader and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru on his 164th birth anniversary on 2 September 2020.
  • Narayana Guru was born in 1864 in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram.
  • He was a great social and religious reformer.
  • His family belonged to the Ezhava caste (lower caste as per social traditions).
  • The pioneer reformer rejected caste system and stressed on equality of man and education for all.
  • He was influenced by Vedanta and gave universal message- One caste, one religion, one God.
  • In 1888, he built a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Aruvippuram.
  • In one temple he built at Kalavancode, kept mirrors instead of idols, to symbolise that the divine was within each individual.
  • He taught Sanskrit and Upanishads to students from all castes.
  • Literary works: Atmopadesa Satakam which he composed in 1897.
  • He also founded an Advaita Ashram in Kalady.
  • He also lent his support to Vaikkom Satyagraha (aimed at temple entry in Travancore for the lower castes).

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