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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on weekday aforesaid the powerful current of humanism that animated the teachings of nineteenth century social reformer Sree Narayana Guru may be a cure-all for the globe riven by communal and racial conflicts.

·        Narayana Guru (1856 – 1928) was a social reformer.

·        He has been attributable with remodeling the social material of kerala and dynamical the beliefs of keralites in ways that unthinkable at that time in time.

·        His family belonged to the Ezhava caste and was thought of ‘avarna’ in keeping with the social mores of the time.

·        From AN early age, he was drawn towards asceticism. He lived as a hermit in an exceedingly forest for eight years.

·        He learned Vedas, Upanishads, literature, logical rhetoric of Sanskrit, Hatha Yoga and other philosophies.

·        He gave the famous slogan “One Caste, One Religion, One God for All” (Oru Jathi, Oru Matham, Oru Daivam, Manushyanu).

·        In 1888, he engineered a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Aruvippuram that was against the caste-based restrictions of the time.

·        In one temple he consecrated at Kalavancode, he unbroken mirrors rather than idols.

·        This symbolised his message that the divine was among every individual. Narayana Guru organized AN All-Region Conference in 1923 at Alwaye Advaita Ashram, that was reported to be the primary such event in India.

·        This was an endeavor to counter the spiritual conversions Ezhava community was prone to.

·         Sree Narayana Guru became one amongst the best proponents and re-evaluators of Advaita Vedanta, the principle of non-duality proposes by Adi Shankara.

·        He wrote numerous books in numerous languages. Few of them are: Advaitha Deepika, Asrama, The varappathinkangal, etc. Contribution to National Movement: a noteworthy social reformer, he was within the forefront of the movement for universal temple entry and against the social ills just like the social discrimination of untouchables.

·        Narayana Gurudev provided the impetus for Vaikom agitation which was aimed at temple entry in Travancore for the lower castes.

·        It histrion nationwide attention and appreciation from spiritual leader. Sree Narayana Gurudev’s Adyaropa darsanam (Darsanamala) explains the creation of the universe.

·        Daivadasakam and Atmopadesa satakam square measure many samples of however the mystic reflections and insights closely match recent advances in physics.