Sree Narayana Guru:
He is regarded as one of the greatest renaissant leaders in Kerala whose sway was unique during the last century of the second Millennium.According to some scholars the Guru Narayana is a social reformer, who caused a social revolution unparalleled in the history of Kerala.
Narayana Guru was born on 20th August 1854 at Vayalvaram House in Chempazhanthy, a village ten miles north of Trivandrum.
He has been credited with transforming the social fabric of kerala and changing the beliefs of keralites in ways unimaginable at that point in time.
• He was born into an Ezhava family in an era when people from such communities, which were regarded as Avarna, faced much social injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala.
.He led a reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality.
He is known as the Father of Kerala Renaissance. Guru’s famous teachings include “ONE CASTE, ONE RELIGION, ONE GOD FOR MAN
• He stressed the need for the spiritual and social upliftment of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions.
• In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
• He preached the ‘oneness’ of humanity, crossing the boundaries of caste and creed.
• In 1888, he installed an idol of siva at Aravippuram in Kerala in his effort to show that the consecration of god’s image was not a monopoly of the brahmins. This is popularly known as Aravippuram movement.
• The above event also inpired many socio religious reform movements in the south including Temple Entry Movement.
Atmopadesha Satakam’’, ‘‘Nirvriti Panchakam’’, ‘‘Darsanamala’’Jatimeemamsa’ ,‘Ardhanareeswara Sthothram’ etc are the major works of Guru
Aravipuram Movement
• Launched by Sri Narayana Guru on Shivaratri day of 1882 and consecrated an idol of Shiva at Aravipuram. .
• Aravipuram Prashita was a historic event. • On the wall of the temple Sri Narayana Guru inscribed the words: “Devoid of the dividing walls of caste or race, or hatred of rival of faith, we all live here in brotherhood”.
• Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (Society for the Propagation of Sri Narayana Guru’s Tenets). • Two new leaders, Dr. Palpu and Kumaran Asan joined him.
• Dr. Palpu was the first Ezhava to receive education in Western medicine.
• Kumaran Asan was a well-known writer and poet. Temple Entry Movement
• The avarnas or members of depressed classes in various parts of South India.
• In Kerala, Sri Narayana Guru, N. Kumaran Asan and T.K. Madhavan led the movement. • After 1924, the anti-untouchability programme became a part of the Gandhian constructive programme.
• In Nov 1936, the Maharaja of Travancore issued a proclamation throwing open all government-controlled temples to all Hindus irrespective of caste.
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