ŚRĪ NĀRĀYAŅA GURU 5.1. Do you know?

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The famous disciple who did yeoman service in spreading the message of Śrī Nārāyaņa Guru beyond the frontiers of is Nataraja Guru

Śrī Nārāyaņa Guru visited Sri Lanka in 1918 and 1923 and set up a centre there for the propagation of his teachings in that country

Dr.Palpu labored as the right hand man of Sri Naryuana Guru in his effort to bring about savarna-avarna harmonization in Kerala. It was he who gave the name Sri Narayana

Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) to the earlier Vavootu sangham, which functioned at Aruvippuram

Through his Kannadi pratishta

Guru likened the mind to a mirror. According to him, only in a clear mind free from impurities God’s vision can be reflected. The mystic symbol ‘OM’ in it was representing Brahman

5.2. Timeline

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1854 Birth at Chempazhanthi

1888 Sivaprathishta at Aruvippuram

1895 Guru’s journey to accompanied by

1897 Composition of Atmopadesa-Satakam .

1903 The establishment of S.N.D.P.Yogam

1908 Installation of Jagannatha idol at Thalassery 1915

Establishment of the Advaitasramam

at .

Mahatma Gandhi in Sivagiri 1925

1928 The Samadhi

5.3. Glossary

Staring Related Term Definition Character Term

A Advaita Non-duality

Avidya Nescience

The science of the Absolute as understood in the B Brahmavidya Vedantic context of non-dual wisdom A hierarchically arranged social division of labour C Caste system which is determined by the birth of a person A spiritual teacher who banishes the darkness of G Guru ignorance

M Monopoly Exclusive possession

Belief that religion should have no place in civil S Secularism affairs In Hindu society those who were outcastes and U Untouchables were made to carry out the menial works of society

V Vidya Science in its empirical or rational connotations

Y Yoga Psychic union of the self with the Absolute self

5.4. Web links

Web links www.sreenarayanaguru.in www.narayanaguru.org www.wikipedia.org/ewiki/Narayana_Guru www.sreenarayanalokam.com/temple

5.5. Bibliography

Bibliography Balakrishnan, P.K. Jathivyavasthayum Kerala Charithravum. Poorna Kozhikode: Publication,1982.

Gangadharan, T.K. History of Kerala. Calicut: Calicut University. 1979

Gopalkrishnan, K. A. Cultural History of Kerala. Trivandrum: The State Institute of Languages, 1974. Guru, Nataraja. The Word of Guru: The Life and Teachings of Guru Narayana. New Delhi: D.K.Print World, 2003. Jayakumar,Vijayalayam. Sree Naryana Guru: A Critical Study. New Delhi: D.K.Printworld,1999.

Menon, Sreedhara. A. Cultural Heritage of Kerala. Kottayam: D. C. Books, 1976.

Pillai, Govinda. Bhakti Movement: Renaissance or Revivalism? New Delhi: Akar Publishers, 2013. Prasad, Muni Narayana. The Philosophy of Sree . New Delhi: D.K.Print World, 2008. Remesan, K. R. Sree Narayana Gur’s Science of Life. Perumbavoor: Rishikulam Publicaitons, 2010.

Srinivasan, K. Sree Narayana Guru. Trivandrum: Jayasree Publications, 1989.