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SreeNarayanaGurudevan

SreeNārāyanaGuru (नारायण गुरु,നാരായണ ഗുരു) (1855 - 1928), was a prophet[1][2], saint, sage. Guru was born into an Ezhava family, in an era when the Ezhava caste, because of its precarious position between the upper and lowest strata in the caste hierarchy, faced much social injustice. Gurudevan, as he is fondly known to his followers, revolted against casteism and worked on propagating new values of freedom in spirituality and of social equality, thereby transforming the society in Kerala.

Nārāyana Guru is revered by admirers for his Vedic knowledge, poetic proficiency, openness to the views of others, non-violent philosophy and his unrelenting resolve to set aright social wrongs. Nārāyana Guru was instrumental in setting the spiritual foundations for social reform[3] in the current State of Kerala (erstwhile states of Travancore, Kochi, Malabar district of British India) and Coastal Karnataka and was one of the most successful social reformers who tackled caste in India. He demonstrated a path to social emancipation without invoking the dualism of the oppressed and the oppressor.

In contrast to certain other reformers who criticised Brahmins and other upper caste Hindus for the conditions of the lower castes, Nārāyana Guru stressed the uplift of a community through its own efforts by the establishment of schools and temples. In the process he brushed aside the Hindu religious conventions based upon Chaturvarna.

About the family of SreeNarayanaGuru

SreeNarayanaGuru was born in the village name Chempazhanthi twelve km to the north-east of Triruvanathapuram.The family name is called "Vayalvaaram veedu".Maadan Ashan and Kutti Amma was the father and mother of SreeNarayanaGuru.To them Guru was born on the twentieth of August in 1854(Kanni 5 in malayalam month). The child was named Narayanan (Nanu).Gurudevan had two sisters also.Gurudevan's father was not only a farmer. He was an teacher too in the malayalam language 'Acharyan' - a teacher. He knew Samskrita (Sanskrit), and was a master of Astrology and Ayurveda, the system of Indian medicine.The people of the village highly respected him and called him as "Madam Ashan".

Saint Disciples Of Guru

1.sde Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal

2.Sathyavruta Swamigal

3.Chaitanya Swamigal

4.Divya Sree Bodhananda Swamigal

5.Nataraja Guru

6.Swamy Ananda Theerthan

7.Swamy Dharma Theerthan

8.Swamy Ernest Kerk

9.Govindhananda Swami

10.Dharma Thirthar Swami

11.Atmananda swami

12.Sankarananda Swami

13.Sreenarayana Theerthar

Poems wtitten by SreeNarayanGuru

In Malayalam

1.Swanubavageethi

2.Atmopadesa Śatakam

3.Advaitha Deepika

4.Arivu

5.Daiva Desakam

6.Jeevakarunya Panchakam

7.Anukamba Dasakam

8.Jathi Nirnayam

9.Jathi Lakshanam

10.Sadacharam

11.Chijanda Chinthakam

12.Daiva Chintanam - 1 & 2

13.Athma Vilasam

14.Shiva satakam

In Sanskrit

1.Darsana Mala

2.Brahmavidya Panchakam

3.Nirvruthi Panchakam

4.Slokathrayi

5.Vedantha Suthram

6.Homa Manthram

7.Municharya Panchakam

8.Asramam

9.Dharmam

10.Charama Slokangal

11.Homa Mantram

12.Chidambarashtakam

13.Guhashtakam

14.Bhadrakaliashtakam

15.Vinayaka Ashtakam

16.Sree Vasudeva Ashtakam

17.Navamanjari

In Tamil

1.Thevarappathinkangal

Translations

1.Thirukural

2.Isavasyo Upanishad

3.Ozhivil Odukkam