@@Stardust_26Secularism is the separation of Church and state and in modern times it's also sometimes used to.describe separation of Church and society in some contexts.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
Narayana Guru taught " One Caste One Religion and One God for Humankind". One of his disciples Sahodarn Ayyapan changed it to "Why Caste Why Religion and Why God for Humankind"
@@clarkkentwithglasses4759 Because there was workshipping restriction on ppl of lower caste who couldnt worship main hindu gods and were even forced to demonic gods in their place. Also in the context ,guru was talking about one god as in "same religious gods as the ppl of higher caste". U need context to understand the quote. Its better to read upon it because kerala had one of most disgusting form of casteism to the point it will make u puke. For short it had every thing from temple restriction, to caste based disgust to breast tax and no right to upper wear for woman.
@@suchithraraghavan5335idiot we werent considered hindus. We had to fight for the rightful place as hindus. We had to completely break casteism to do that.
Politicians don't need Sree Narayana Guru , they need the caste that Sree Narayana Guru represents.... Similarly, in the case of Sree Mannath Padmanabhan,Politicians need the caste that he represents ...Both of them are Social Reformers in Kerala....Vote bank Politics...
@@lakshmiprashanth1691 ആണെങ്കിലും അല്ലെങ്കിലും പറഞ്ഞു തരാം... Social reformer, Teacher, Lawyer & a Politician.... Mannathu Padmanabhan (2 January 1878 - 25 February 1970) was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter from the south-western state of Kerala. He is recognised as the founder of the Nair Service Society (NSS), which represents the Nair community that constitutes 15.5% of the population of the state. His birthday (2 January) is observed as Mannam Jayanti every year. Padmanabhan is considered a visionary reformer who organised the Nair community under the NSS.He was honoured with the title Bharata Kesari by the President of India. He also received Padma Bhushan in 1966. Political life He fought for social equality, the first phase being the Vaikom Satyagraha, demanding the public roads near the temple at Vaikom be opened to low-caste Hindus. He took part in the Vaikom (1924) and Guruvayoor (1931) temple-entry Satyagrahas; the anti-untouchability agitations. He opened his family temple for everyone, irrespective of caste distinction.He became a member of the Indian National Congress in 1946 and took part in the agitation against Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer's administration in Travancore. As the first president of Travancore Devaswom Board he revitalised many temples which had almost ceased to function. On 25 May 1947 Padmanabhan delivered his famous Muthukulam Speech at Muthukulam, Alappuzha. He was arrested for Indian Freedom Movement on 14 June 1947. In 1949, Padmanabhan became a member of the Travancore Legislative Assembly. In 1959, he along with Christian Churches led a united opposition against the State Communist Ministry, which became known as the Vimochana Samaram (liberation struggle). The cause of the Vimochana Samaram was the introduction of Land reforms Bill by the Minister KR Gowri , and this movement caused the dismissal of the Communist government under E. M. S. Namboodiripad on 31 July 1959. After the success of the movement he famously tethered a white horse at the Kerala Secretariat building as he had challenged to do if the dismissal was successful. The consequence of the dismissal was the beginning of President's rule in the state under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution.[4][8] In 1964 he was instrumental in the formation of Kerala Congress, the first regional party in India.
Narayana Guru was a Guru, a Rishi. He was "NOT" social reformer. But his life indirectly "reformed" the society. He consecrated so many temples, because people of lower cast(as per the society existed that time), were not allowed to enter the temples. So building temples for them , solved one important religious requirement(Also that indirectly forced upper class people to rethink untouchability. What if lower class people are no longer interested in upper class temples???). At a later stage, he asked his followers to build schools instead of temples(because he understood that already created temples solved one main issue of the downtrodden and building more temples do not make any sense). He never talked against religious conversion. But again, his actions in the society, indirectly stopped conversion. He mostly consecrated idols of Shiva or Devi Parvathi. and there is a temple were a mirror is consecrated. Your opinion about consecration of this idol of mirror is completely, completely wrong.. It DOESNT'T show Narayana Guru's "TRANSITION" over the years. A guru once "realized" do not have to "transition" to a new state. This action simply shows the "transition" of the "society" he lived in.. When he understood , it is time for a the society to accept a mirror(Advaita), he consecrated mirror. He was like Shanakaracharya, SreeRamakrishna Paramahamsa or Ramana Maharshi. Note: There is another mistake in this video. When Narayana Guru consecrated the first temple and when brahmins came and questioned his authority in consecrating the temple, he DIDN'T say "This is Ezhava Shiva not Brahmin Shiva" . What he said is something like "This is my Shiva not your Shiva". The brahmins got stunned by this answer and they left without arguing.
Didn't he along with chattampi swamikal did a reconversion pratice.He was very much against religious conversions happening among the lower castes towards christianity
@@12allrounder Both didn't do any re conversion. Chattambi swamikal has written a book "kristhumatha chedanam", which means "disecting christian religion". He wrote it because, christian missionaries were trying to defame hinduism in those days. So this book was his reply. But they didn't do any re conversion..
We are blessed in grace of Narayana Guru who paves our path today to universal spirituality. Ultimately it is in attaining Consciousness that uplifts humanity. We evolve in his blessings.
Without Narayana guru, kerala would have been a Christian dominant province like nagaland or mizoram ..as all lower castes were converting to christianity in kerala to escape from caste discrimination
Typical North Indian clown who comments without knowing anything about kerela or Christianity. Christianity arrived in Kerala's shores in the 5th century AD and most Christians in the state trace their origin to st Thomas. Ironically unlike most Christians in other states which have no caste discrimination as they were spread by missionaries, kerela Christians are of higher caste and actually forbid intermarriage between different sects. Castism is heavily prevalent among Kerela's Christians.
That’s for sure. Because Ezhava cast is the Majority out of all hindu casts in Kerala. If they ( we) all were converted Hindu would be absolute minority in Kerala.
In kerala, there was a difference in caste structure from the rest of india. Among the Brahmins, there were upper and lower sub castes, and there were no Kshatriyas or Vaishyas. The rest of the castes were discriminated against each other, like the class difference in feudalism
@@codlover4727ezhava not the biggest caste in kerala according to 2010 indian census Nair's are 13% And ezhavas are 12% and thiyas are 10% And in ezhava caste certificate caste written as ezhava and nair caste certificate caste written as nair and thiya caste certificate caste written as thiyya same goes with their 10 th class mark sheet also ezhavas are mainly found in south and central Kerala But Nair found all parts of Kerala and thiyas are found mainly in Malabar or north part of Kerala culturally also thiyas are ezhavas are very different
@@Ruhaan-6667 Ezhavas are the real sons of Soil. They left mainland to lanka for trade..when they returned lot of things changed..thus they were called as Ezhavas.
Ezhava’s are natives of Sri Lanka and has origins of Kshatriya ! Natives of Sri Lanka belonged to Mahayana Buddhism were chased away by Sinhalese who followed Theravada Buddhism!!
Narayana guru reformed ezava, made sure that they have respect for themselves and taught them Vedanta. He fought against casteism. That is the corner stone of his philosophy and movement…
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
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Personally felt the difference in reformation that happend in Tamil Nadu vs Kerala was ,one was totally against the concept of sanatan dharma with idea of dravidianism propagated by periyar and in kerala is that of Sri narayana guru which is well adhered to sanatan dharma ,by the advaita vedanta
Study about Ramanuchacharya works he has done things much greater than sree narayana guru,he was the real reformer in Tamil nadu not Chrstian missnry product periyar
Brahmarshi Sri Narayana Guru established the Advaita Ashram in 1913 in picturesque Aluva, overlooking of the holy river Periyar. The Guru also established a Samskrutam School alongside for studies on Upanishads. These events were about two decades prior to the so called temple entry proclamation.
His thoughts were so modern. But it was very necessity for the kerala. He was the flag bearer of the Renaissance happened in Kerala that turned the state from worst caste practiced place to the best now.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
The 1818 A.D description of Sabarimala temple by Benjamin Ward states that the "Malayali Brahmin priests were in charge of officiating the Celibate deity as visited by thousands of devotees irrespective of caste from various parts of India" more than 200 years ago. It is attested by historians until the 20th century that the annual festival at Sripadmanabhaswamy temple began with the fire brought by the Malayali Pulaya-caste of Malabar (Kerala) unlike the caste-group 'Pulaiyas, Holeyas etc' of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka etc in history as well as the Malayali tradition that "In the neighbourhood of Trivandrum (Kerala), the Pulayars are accustomed to boast of having once had a chieftain of their own-caste at 'Pulayanar Kotta' and the Shudra-family in the neighbourhood freely admit that their ancestors were the Pulayan’s accountants." - Samuel Mateer - 19th Century C.E
Sree Narayana gurus reply was that he consecrated that *our Shiva* . It is utterly incorrect and he never used the caste names ever in his entire life. Please amend your words accordingly.
Interesting personality. We may wonder if such thoughts from such great minds have any place in say a modern day Bangladesh or Pakistan! All reformers seem to wield so much eloquence only on this soil. It would have been a treat to watch them even be allowed to remain alive in other non-hindu nations. Their existence is both a blessing and a bane in this country. 😊
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He is one who thought about and stood and worked alongside the "untouchables" when they couldn't even access medical treatments. While people like Dr.Palpu were arguing for the rights and fought legal wars through petitions, Guru was rebuilding the confidence the group lost that some change is possible. Imagine the pain Dr.Palpu underwent.
Sree Naryana Guru was definitely influenced by philosophy of Tamil siddhars, like others of his period social reformers. His one god one religion and other philosophies are influenced by Thurumoolar's Thirumandiram and Thirukkural. The Tamil side gave him more revolutionary philosophies, Anti-Bramhinical hegemony and social reforms.
Many attempts are being made to falsely portray Sri Narayana Guru as a secular reformer opposed to Sanatana Dharma by the Leftists and secular lobby. Let them answer why Guru wrote ever so many shlokas and stotras in praise of Hindu gods and goddesses! Also he consecrated so many temples across the length and breadth of Kerala following the pooja modes outlined in the sacred tantric texts. The idea is to keep dividing the Hindu community whose unity the CPM deeply fears. People are not fools.
To be honest, he was against tantric system and didn't establish any worship style. He built temples were people can come and pray as that time majority of lower castes weren't allowed inside temples. But he never advocated any Brahminical customs, rather wanted to keep simply medidation places. That got changed, slowly as most of the devotees wanted typical Kerala style pooja system. If you understand, Ezhavas never had access to learn Tantra as it was sole monopoly of Nampoothiris and Nampoothiris will never enter into any temples established by Gurudeva etc. So after Guru's death, some followers started joining Tantra peedoms in false identities and learnt Tantric pratices. Then later govt itself established Tantric school and allowed people of all castes to learn, so some famous priests evolved from Ezhava community who introduced tantric style in their temples. Even now, Ezhava priests are not allowed to do poojas in main temples, only in SNDP temples.
@@arunvarmaotherEver heard about siva raja yoga it's a form of tantra Sree narayana guru followed please stop spreading misinformation .You can't deny the fact his guru was a tamil brahmin called thycaud ayya tantra is not alien to guru
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Narayana Guru should be hailed as the rescuer of 🕉 in Kerala which as swami vivekananda had said become a lunatic asylum due to the idiocy of the namboodiris and nairs of that time.. thank God for him reviving true Advait philosophy else we would have lost Kerala also in 1947
@@SV-wu2myarya bramins would have asked and we have many freedom fighters in kerala unlike 👟varkar who call himself the obidient servent of British empire
Thanks for such a nice nuanced "cut the clutter". Journalists nowadays instead of giving clarity are doing politicians role of claiming reformers and who not to fit their agendas.....
Narayana Guru is very much a Sanatani Hindu. The Upanishads are full of such great rishis and rishikas who rejected caste. The Commies think every religion is straight jacketed like Christianity and Islam. Hinduism is a plural and syncretic faith and criticism is always welcome.
This is why Kerala society is far different from other States still live in casteism. Unlike other States, the Renaissance/enlightenment first brought benfits to the oppressed caste people later followed by opresssor castes. Therefore they argued against untouchability, casteism and oppression and strived towards egalitarianism. In other States, the brahmins or other opressor castes were the prime benifitiaries of colonial modernity. Reformers like Raja RAM Mohan Rai founded Arya samaj to reform their own caste people, like abolition of sati, etc but they don't want to change the social hierarchy and dalits getting empowered.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
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there is no other guru who is revered in kerala as much as sree Narayana guru, millions of malayalees of all caste and religion take part in Sivagiri Pilgrimage..tell me another guru from kerala how many know that shankara was from kerala no one, how many do pilgrimage to kaladi literally no one
@jithinpoliyedathmohanan7237 well.. Thats a paradox.. He became guru of one community.. So what happened the community which has. Less. Impact outside kerala if not population wise but culturally and econonically reatricted guru to Kerala...
As someone from ezhava community, what I observe is majority of keralites seen him as a social reformer , but we saw him as god,we always have a place for in our poojaroom, I assume you are aware of it unless you were from malabar .@@jithinpoliyedathmohanan7237
@@jithinpoliyedathmohanan7237 Shankaracharya born before 1century CE do you believe sree narayana guru will remembered like Shankaracharya after 1000 years?
Sree Narayana Guru is one of the greatest sanathani who build over 45 temples over his time… While the quote “one caste, one religion for the mankind… “ was to get majority backward hindu community to mainstream (which accounts more than 50% of the population) who were undoubtedly going through massive discrimination (even Swami Vivekananda looking at the situation once mentioned the situation of caste system in Kerala at that time makes Kerala a madhouse).. Guru efforts shaped the community, by empowering them with education, giving access to temples and enlightened society of true hindu sanadhana dharma which do don’t discriminate against anyone… also he never propagated against any other religion, he stood within his culture and stressed to revolutionize the society what we see today as 100% literate state
Swami Vivekananda - "In Malabar (Kerala) the women lead in everything. Exceptional cleanliness is apparent everywhere and there is the greatest impetus to learning. When I was in Malabar (Kerala), I met many women who spoke good Sanskrit, while in the rest of India not one woman in a million can speak it. Malabar (Kerala) has never been conquered either by the Portuguese (Christians) or by the Muslims" - Swami Vivekananda F. Buchanan - "If a Pulayar is touched by the Parayar caste he is defiled, and must wash his head and pray.” - The Malayalis did not practice any discrimination on the basis of 'caste-system, untouchability etc' with the 'Christian converts or Muslim converts' therefore Swami Vivekananda while visiting Kerala said that the "Malabaris (Malayalis) are lunatics as the poor Paraya caste is not allowed to pass through the same street as the higher castes but if he changes his name to a hodge-podge English name or Mohammadan name, it is alright" "Every man going out of the Hindu religion is not only a man less, but an enemy more." - Swami Vivekananda
Guru was not propagating Hinduism which divided people on the basis of caste. He was a visionary who understood that the society was not ready to understand the futility of caste and religion back then. He therefore started with consecrating idols of Hindu Gods, and eventually by the end of it he consecrated the mirror, making people understand that God is within us, and not in idols.
Hindusim doesn't says god is in idols. Idol is just a way for ordinary people to visualise god. Just like Christians worship cross of Jesus in Churches.
@Jithumohan5572 Dude, most devi temples in Kerala still has mirror consecration. Even adi shankara did mirror consecration. It symbolise "Aham brahmasmi". An advaita vedanta principle. Guru was an advaita vedanti. He was an eminent scholar in Sanskrit as well. I feel pity for you guys saying he never practised Hinduism! 😂... Learn about Guru first, then talk.
Correction. My consecration is of "ours" Shiva not of a brahmins Shiva. Malayalam "Naam nammude Shivane aanallo pratishtichatu ningalude allallo". It means that I consecrated our shiva not yours(brahmins). The brahmins and upper casts made an objection that time.
It is a puzzle for modern policians because, narayana guru's philosophy shatters the political agenda that they want to establish. But guru has great number of followers, though not everyone bring those philosophies into action, the mass support is a great voters bank for them. Guru's ideology is simple. Humans first, not human made.
Secular pundits are defining Sree Narayana Guru like the blind describing the elephant. That great Rishi was factually a proclaimed Advaithi like Adi Sankara. After attaining supreme knowledge of the reality he worked for the spiritual and social emancipation of the downtrodden. Casteism and untouchability used to be practicised by every community against all those they considered to be not equal to them. It was prevelent even among the subgroups of each caste. Then Gurudev's work was one of elevating people spiritually, starting from idol worship to going up to meditation on formless Brahma or Advaita. Even though he respected all relgions what he built are only temples, wrote are only Keertans of Sanatan Dharma Gods. He militated against Beef eating, justified Idol worship. Went in to final Samadhi hearing the recitation of Yogavasishtan Jeevan mukthi prakarana portion.. His contemporaries and desciples like Poet Kumaranasan and Journalist Moorkothu Kumaran have portrayed Sree Narayana Guru as a Great Sanathana Hindu Yogi and a successful social reformer. Now wested interest groups hide the first part and highlight the second. This is an unpardonable crime against Gurudev as well as history. Let not petty politics and communal bias sully his glory. This is a prayer with folded hands. Then, the slogan one caste, one religion, one god for mankind was first coined by Ayya Vaikunta Swamikal from Kanyakumari who was also an elevated soul and social reformer. Guru probably universalised the slogan. He is a very good example of Sanskritisation too.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
Please note: He did not wear saffron like other monks. Early days he was wearing white and at the time of Srilankan journey, he used yellow dress. See how the saffronisation by sanghis went unnoticed even in your selection of Guru's picture
@Soulreaper286 never, when some one offered he insisted first that will use his white clothe, പിന്നീട് "നിർബന്ധമാണെങ്കിൽ മഞ്ഞ ധരിക്കാം " എന്ന് സമ്മതിച്ചു. Sndp യുടെ കൊടി യുടെ നിറവുമഞ്ഞയാണ്. ഗുരുവിനെ കാവി പുതപ്പിക്കാൻ ചാണക സംഘികൾ നോക്കണ്ട. ചുവപ്പ് പുതപ്പിക്കാൻ കമ്മികളും
Narayana Guru is a true follower of Sanatana Dharma and is 100% Hindu. He hated caste division of Hindus and he wanted Hindus to unite without caste. He believed in Advaita Vedanta and even wrote a lot of poems praising Hindu gods, and even built Hindu temples. Only a fool will say he is not a Hindu or follower of Sanatana Dharma.
Narayana Guru was a social reformer. He didn't believed in any Religion or cast. He was available to everybody who needed his advise. He belived in Sanathan Values sich as honesty, abstinence from harming living beings, purity, goodwill, mercy, patience, forbearance, self-restraint, generosity, asceticism
Have you even read his Daivadashakam, Darshana Mala, Atmoupadeshashatakam or any number of his shlokas and stotras in praise of Hindu deities?? If he didn't believe in any religion, why did he consecrate so many temples open to all throughout Kerala? He was first and foremost a Yogi and an Advaitin as reveled in his works. Read them and then opine!
@@emsworthcastle4849whenever a guy says something intelligent you guys spit the most unknown books and asking have you read it , what he meant Guru represent Good Intentions and Values . So stop spitting on his face !
Guru himself stated in one of his last public sermons in Pallathuruthi in 1927: "ഒരു ജാതി ഒരു മതം ഒരു ദൈവം മനുഷ്യന് എന്നുള്ള സനാതനധർമ്മം അങ്ങനെയുള്ള ഒരു മതമാകുന്നു. ഈ സനാതന ധർമ്മത്തിൽ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നവരെയെല്ലാം ഒന്നായി ചേർക്കുന്നത് സംഘടനയ്ക്ക് ഏറ്റവും ഉത്തമ രീതിയായിരിക്കുമെന്ന് നമുക്കു തോന്നുന്നു." Translation: One caste, one religion, one God for man is such a religion. We feel that the best method of organization would be to bring together all those who believe in this Sanatana Dharma
Guru was a precaher of Bhagavad Gita To propogate Gita & chapter 2 ( Sanatana Dharma) of Gita, he wrote a grand poem " Dharmam" and a book " Gadhya prarthana"and advised all his disciples to chant these japams daily. He said" one god and one religion" and established 108 Shiva temples. His teachings were verbatim, verses of Bhagavad Gita.
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So happy to see a handful of Kerala Hindus fighting back the pseudo-Leftists and Communists in the comments section and asserting the spiritual legacy of Guru.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
What bollock?.. Marthoma church denied the conversion of large number of ezhavas at that time saying that conversion does not solve social issues. Sri Narayana Guru followed the philosophers of enlightenment europe while acknowledging indian streams as well. Guru had given diksha to european disciple by giving a suite and tie, he had Kerala christian disciple as well. Guru is remembered as social reformer in Kerala. Guru is remembered by muslims and Christians alike in Kerala because he was a humanist.
@@kangleipak_pride enlightenment europe"? 😂😂 They were discussing about Slavery at that time. 🤣 And the Chirstian USA is keeping slaves in their homes at that time. And they discriminated against black people until 1960s!
Every caste in Kerala was untouchable to the Brahmin including Nair, who could approach but not touch a Brahmin. I am not sure why the narrator conveniently omitted this. Ezhavas were considered outside the Hindu caste system because of their Buddhist origins. Temples of Kodungallur (of Kannagi fame) and the Sabarimala (Ayyappan) and several others were once Buddhist.
Nairs literally ruled kerala and even brahmins had to live according to the former's rules. An Ezhava had to stay 16 ft away from a Nair and if one violates this, Nairs could cut the avarna down
Introduction is wrong....Sri Narayana guru is from one of the richest family in Kerala in his time...He used his own wealth to establish schools...Sri Narayana Guru established Shiva and Muruga temples only... Kindly do proper research and please don't include people like Manu Pillai's opinions who know nothing..why are you talking about umbrellas....the whole thing started against casteism...Ezhavas were practicing ayurveda ,Kalaripayattu also..why talking only about toddy tapping...why are you blabbering matriarchy to Ezhavas...it was practised by nairs and Brahmins only...
Guru was a social reformer, and it is unreasonable to limit his influence to a single religion. He encouraged the construction of temples, schools, and factories. However, he eventually observed that people were overly focused on building grand temples. He gently criticized this narrow motive, consistent with his nature of offering mild critiques. These criticisms should not be mistaken as his approval.
You misquoted SN Guru, and probably Pinarayi Vijayan too. CM was supporting Sri Narayanana ashram (Sivagiri) heads comment on removing shirts. Additionally Guru was not a Hindu Sanatani saint or any religion. He in has clearly stated that he has left both religion & caste years ago, also warned against people are trying to put him specific boxes. He also stated his sanyasam was given to him by British. His actions and teachings are squarely against varnashrama ie Sanatana Dharma and also other religions who wants put people in boxes
Advaita vedantam (The path guru followed) as well as Shiva yogam are considered to be path of Sanatan dharma. Just because he denied varnashrama doesn't means he wasn't a Sanatani. Sanatana Dharma is not limited to one book or one philosophy. It is a basket of many spiritual path. Ignorant people like you who have no knowledge about this can only point out to varnasramam when u hear sanatan dharma. Varnashramam was a social concept introduced by Brahmanism. It has nothing to do with the entire Sanatan dharma or Hinduism.
Left hand side of Hinduism is complete opposite to brahminism and yet it is still considered as Hinduism. For example Aghori lineages, Shaakta Tantra, Kashniri shaivism etc.
Ezhavas are not the biggest caste in kerala according to 2010 indian census Nair's are 13% And ezhavas are 12% and thiyas are 10% And in ezhava caste certificate caste written as ezhava and nair caste certificate caste written as nair and thiya caste certificate caste written as thiyya same goes with their 10 th class mark sheet also ezhavas are mainly found in south and central Kerala But Nair found all parts of Kerala and thiyas are found mainly in Malabar or north part of Kerala culturally also thiyas and ezhavas are very different and 2 different castes
Reform is therefore a defunct term (N.A), there are only Believers and Seekers. Believers either accept or deny what they do not know. I.e. nothing experiential about it. Seekers revel in their own divinity, i.e. they do the hard work find out for themselves. What is experiential that needs no debate. This experiential reality needs no caste just a human being. Pinari Vijayan is in a league of his own, neither believer nor seeker just a plain old politician, going about collecting votes. How many of the ezhavas of Narayan Guru are keeping the sadhana he gave them. the ones that are keeping it, know that the CM is bogus.
Guruji was still staying with the ‘seeker’ model of Sanatana than the ‘believer’ model of the Abrahamic! ‘Seeker-experiential’ model, if you apply the logic, seems a far better model than ‘blind-believer’ prescriptive model ! So, Guruji took the right decision!
This dichotomy is only got colonized minds trapped in western linear thinking. Hindu leaders and thought revels in complexity. Most of our epics and hero heroines are similarly multi faceted..no cookie cutter characters need apply. This lady needs to to reconnect with her roots
@@Akshay_p_kumarhe said “ naam nummude Shiva “ , which translates to “we our Shiva” .. in those days ‘we’ and ‘I ‘ were used interchangeably like some Hindi speakers saying ‘hum’ to refer a single person ..
😅😅Sanatana Dharma goes back to the Vedas. The philosophy ...its is much older. Also Guru founded the Advaita ashram at Alwaye! Go read some history bro.
He is not a puzzle. Some separatists have been trying successfully to alienated Ezava community from main stream. Conversion vizards tried this even when Narayana Guru was alive, unsuccessfully. He rejected Christians and Islam. They tried this with Ambedkar too. But Ambedkar realised that Sanatan Dharma is far superior to Abrahamic religions. Today, CPM is a Muslim Party, especially after a much married Muslim got the daughter of major leader, Islam became the unofficial religion of CPM. However, Ezava Community is not falling into that trap. The strategy that they tried with Sri Narayana Guru is now tried with Sivagiri. They have raised a flimsy issue like wearing upper garments by men in Hindu temples and Sivagiri has fallen into the trap of Political Islam.
Narayana guru was not at all secular in any way. He was off course against caste system but he was a profound sanadhani.This were some of his Sanskrit works , any of them seem secular to you .Asramam Bhadrakaliashtakam Brahmavidya Panchakam Charama Slokangal Chidambarashtakam Darsana Mala Dharmam Genani Navamanjari Guhashtakam Homa Manthram Municharya Panchakam Nirvruthi Panchakam Slokathrayi Sree Vasudeva Ashtakam Vedantha Suthram Vinayaka Ashtakam
Actually Guru was not married, by him self. There was a retual at the time. The mother or sister of the Groom can offer the Bride a Pudava (Saree) and when she accepts it, it is considered as the marriage is done. The family members of Guru said him to get married and when he refused they find him a wife, thinking that he may change his mind, but Guru have gone for Sanyasam
Temples are made by Guru so that who are said not to go in or near the temples can go in, worship and even any people, who believes in Guru or the temple can worship in it without a problem of caste or religion. And all people even men can wear shirts in, pants, jeans, etc. in the temples made by Guru.
The good works of Narayana Guru has been hijacked by Ee.Ve.Ramasamy Naicker popularly known as Periyar. The protests the anti-Caste struggles which Naraya Guru has done has been hijacked, renamed and *stickered* and credited in the name Periyar by the Dravidan politicians.
Sanatan Dharma cannot be followed by any Hindus other than Brahmins. Even the Guru opposes these practices. According to Sanatan Dharma, only Brahmins and upper castes get benefit. In early Kerala history, upper-caste people refused to allow lower-caste individuals into temples, denied them education, and were unwilling to let them walk on the same paths. However, social reformers like Sree Narayana Guru and others fought for the rights of the people, ensuring access to education, the freedom to worship God, and the ability to visit temples. History reminds us who we are, and where we comes from.
Sanatan Dharma literally means Eternal Dharma. It is a Basket of Hindu spirituality from Vedas, Upanishads, Advaita vedanta, Shakta tantra, Vaishmavism, Shaivism, Kashmiri Shaivism - it also includes Brahminism, that's all. All the ignorant people like u think Sanatan Dharma means caste system. 😂
Narayana guru is the icon of kerala rennaisence. Sanatanis can't digest his ideologies. Without caste hierarchy there is no Sanatan dharma. Narayana guru reformed the religion practices of kerala "Hindu's" . He opposed any kind descrimination in the spiritual / religious practices. He placed "one's dignity to live" over evrything else.
Caste system in Hindhuism was always benefitting the top of the heirarchy in India. And this is still going on and will be here untill unless there is any positive reform happens. Without the caste system there is no Sanatan Dharma. Narayana Guru was against all of this descrimination. In Kerala because of Narayana guru and other rennaisence spiritual leaders the oppressed caste got uplifted. So if you see the current social and economical structure in Kerala ezhava's became a dominant caste and that movement beneffitted other hindu caste's also.
@@Stardust_26The Ezhavas discrimated the Dalits in Kerala. A Dalit should stay away from an Ezhava by 10 feets as per Kerala's castesystem. Of course Guru was different from most of Ezhavas
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Narayana guru opened temples and changed kavs to temples also followed brahmanical ways to promote personal hygiene in people.Personal hygiene was a main reason behind untouchability.Back in the 1900s chemical medicine field wasn't as developed as that of today.Even kings used die early.so social distancing was practiced among different feudal category.
Illiterates often reduce religions to sociology unfortunately. Big problem. Religion is basically ur life philosophy that may guide ur social action but it is not social actions itself.
The philosophies and beliefs of Narayana Guru and Rajaram Mohan Roye are the same as the philosophies and beliefs of Abrahamic Religions, the closest one being Islam, as they believed in one God/Bhagwan/ultimate enity/creator and neither promoted idol worship nor discriminate between people and believed in equality and justice. They did all the things that religions intended, including being kind, being just, and speaking against injustice,spreading love,etc, which are fundamentals of every religion. They were the true Hindus who promoted the beautiful Hindu concept of Universal Brotherhood than the toxic manipulated book of Manu that discriminated people on the basis of their birth. Legends and gifts to humanity.
What the bullshit are u even talking? Sanatan dharama simply means - Eternal Dharma. Which is a Basket of All dharmic Spiritual concepts. From Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvat gita, Puranas, itihasas, Advaita vedanta, Shakta tantras, Shaiva tantra, Yoga shastras and many more. Each Sampradhayas has their own ways. Guru was a follower of Advaita Vedanta path. Ignorant people like u think sanatana dharma means only brahminism.
@@one-eyedgaming6767I didn’t know that is why I asked , I was curious , I am not against any Brahmins , shatriyas , sudras or vysyas .If the shoe fits you , wear it .I am neutral in all this .
Travancore was the first place where western Education was implemented in 1830s. Swati Thirunal introduced India's first free school for English for common man, so as later places. The first public hospital for commoners in Allopathy was started in 1820s to control cholera in Trivandrum. So has no idea about our own history?
hinduis is about logic at one level and faith at another level. compared to more of faith and less of logic of the abrahamic religions. people understand god, as per their level of knowledge and capacity. in the vedas, there are lot of details about Siva, his powers, his creation, his rules, how the fire was first created, how the sun came from fire. how the sky was created etc., anyone can have his own faith, but for logic, they have to explain
The fact that his father was school teacher and uncle an Ayurveda practiciner debunks your propaganda that his caste was polluted and they were to maintain distance from namboodiris. This is how propaganda is spread against hindus to divide them
Exceptionalism is not the general view . Guru was Exceptional case because he got to acquire knowledge. This is not propaganda because caste pollution was very common there.
The missionaries started schools and med facilities for all long before he was born , the kingdom though initially resisted had to open up schools as missionary's schools were spreading education was available for all and the Ezhavas the caste of guru threatened to convert to Christianity if temple entry was prohibited , it was only in 1936 that temple entry was allowed for low castes in Travancore.
During those times ,certain ezhava families who practiced ayurveda are allowed to learn Sanskrit but shouldn't try to learn scriptures.Guru himself didn't took the rule seriously and if I'm correct he went to Karnataka ( manglore )for his further sadhana ...outside kerala rules where much more liberal. And regarding untouchability Namboodiri Brahmins who occupies the highest hierarchy,were practicing untouchability even with other Brahmins who had to maintain a certain distance from them in public view. And it was not that all ezhava caste people were poor and marginalised ,there were families who got grants and had big havelis ,not all were in downtrodden too,but the fact remains in the hierarchy of caste they were lower than Brahmins and nairs who existed.There were titles of "panickers" which king gave to many castes which gave them an extra honour ,and in that there were nair ,ezhava ,even certain Christian families included.So it's not all black and white and we are talking about 1 kingdom of travancore out of 3 ( some parts of Madras presidency) that all later formed into one state of Kerala
@@12allrounderAlso the Ezhavas discrimated Dalits as a Dalit should stay 10 feet away as the Ezhava walks on the road. Discrimated discrimating those beneath them. 😂
What the bullshit are u even talking? Sanatan dharama simply means - Eternal Dharma. Which is a Basket of All dharmic Spiritual concepts. From Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvat gita, Puranas, itihasas, Advaita vedanta, Shakta tantras, Shaiva tantra, Yoga shastras and many more. Each Sampradhayas has their own ways. Guru was a follower of Advaita Vedanta path. Ignorant people like u think sanatana dharma means only brahminism.
Narayana gurus ideologies would be disastrous in modern Kerala...he lived in a time when the muslims of Kerala weren't multiplying their population in record rates or going on a conversion spree. Kerala is clearly now on its way to becoming a Muslim majority state. Say "one caste one religion and one god for all humans" to a mallu muslim 😂😂 it's plain laughable!
I am from the ezhava community and my family are big followers of guru with my grandpa starting the the first S.N.D.P in our area and my great grandfather was a friend of guru. Almost all of ezhava families has a photo of guru among the gods. Some say guru had mystical powers. As someone who was taught about guru from a young age(taught even more for a quiz and stuff) i can say guru was indeed a sanathan believer. He was a logical man and wanted to filter out every bad practice from the community leaving all the good stuff.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University. It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E. The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history. For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901 The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves. The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E. For Example: Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
The essence of Sree Narayana Guru's inner soul remains a profound mystery to many, even today. I live in Canada, but my roots are in Varkala, where the majestic Sivagiri monument stands in honor of him. Growing up, I was deeply influenced by his teachings and philosophies, witnessing firsthand his actions across various eras. Now, at 34, I continue to explore the depth of his mindset. What I've come to understand from my lifelong journey is that Sree Narayana Guru sought to redefine "COMMON SENSE”. His vision was to inspire our community to expand our minds, promoting a culture of equality and mutual respect. His lessons are a gentle reminder for all of us, regardless of age, to evolve together in understanding and kindness.
Narayana Guru was againt any caste or religious discrimation. He was a great secular social reformer.
Not secular but pluralism.
Secular constructing temple is Oxymoron.
@@SV-wu2my How come that is oxymoron ? Can you please explain?
@@Stardust_26Secularism is the separation of Church and state and in modern times it's also sometimes used to.describe separation of Church and society in some contexts.
@@Stardust_26Secularism is the separation of Church and State.
Guru fought against Caste discrimination, even with in his community
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
@@Nithin90 Its Kerala society not fucking tamil
Narayana Guru taught " One Caste One Religion and One God for Humankind". One of his disciples Sahodarn Ayyapan changed it to "Why Caste Why Religion and Why God for Humankind"
Well well both Narayana and Sahodaran hailed from the Ezhava caste !!
and confused the hindus
Why? One god..
@@clarkkentwithglasses4759
Because there was workshipping restriction on ppl of lower caste who couldnt worship main hindu gods and were even forced to demonic gods in their place. Also in the context ,guru was talking about one god as in "same religious gods as the ppl of higher caste". U need context to understand the quote. Its better to read upon it because kerala had one of most disgusting form of casteism to the point it will make u puke. For short it had every thing from temple restriction, to caste based disgust to breast tax and no right to upper wear for woman.
@@suchithraraghavan5335idiot we werent considered hindus. We had to fight for the rightful place as hindus. We had to completely break casteism to do that.
Politicians don't need Sree Narayana Guru , they need the caste that Sree Narayana Guru represents....
Similarly, in the case of Sree Mannath Padmanabhan,Politicians need the caste that he represents ...Both of them are Social Reformers in Kerala....Vote bank Politics...
Sree Narayana Guru is a social reformer who has gained prominence globally...who is this Mannath????
@@lakshmiprashanth1691 മലയാളി ആണല്ലേ ....?
@@lakshmiprashanth1691 ആണെങ്കിലും അല്ലെങ്കിലും പറഞ്ഞു തരാം...
Social reformer, Teacher, Lawyer & a Politician....
Mannathu Padmanabhan (2 January 1878 - 25 February 1970) was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter from the south-western state of Kerala. He is recognised as the founder of the Nair Service Society (NSS), which represents the Nair community that constitutes 15.5% of the population of the state. His birthday (2 January) is observed as Mannam Jayanti every year. Padmanabhan is considered a visionary reformer who organised the Nair community under the NSS.He was honoured with the title Bharata Kesari by the President of India. He also received Padma Bhushan in 1966.
Political life
He fought for social equality, the first phase being the Vaikom Satyagraha, demanding the public roads near the temple at Vaikom be opened to low-caste Hindus. He took part in the Vaikom (1924) and Guruvayoor (1931) temple-entry Satyagrahas; the anti-untouchability agitations. He opened his family temple for everyone, irrespective of caste distinction.He became a member of the Indian National Congress in 1946 and took part in the agitation against Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer's administration in Travancore. As the first president of Travancore Devaswom Board he revitalised many temples which had almost ceased to function. On 25 May 1947 Padmanabhan delivered his famous Muthukulam Speech at Muthukulam, Alappuzha. He was arrested for Indian Freedom Movement on 14 June 1947.
In 1949, Padmanabhan became a member of the Travancore Legislative Assembly. In 1959, he along with Christian Churches led a united opposition against the State Communist Ministry, which became known as the Vimochana Samaram (liberation struggle). The cause of the Vimochana Samaram was the introduction of Land reforms Bill by the Minister KR Gowri , and this movement caused the dismissal of the Communist government under E. M. S. Namboodiripad on 31 July 1959. After the success of the movement he famously tethered a white horse at the Kerala Secretariat building as he had challenged to do if the dismissal was successful. The consequence of the dismissal was the beginning of President's rule in the state under Article 356 of the Indian Constitution.[4][8] In 1964 he was instrumental in the formation of Kerala Congress, the first regional party in India.
Sathyam ... Evan Maru parayunathintey pakuthi eniku manasilavunila .
@@lakshmiprashanth1691 Chattambi Swamikal who guided Narayana guru belongs to the same community as that of Mannath Padmanabhan 💯😁
Narayana Guru was a Guru, a Rishi.
He was "NOT" social reformer. But his life indirectly "reformed" the society.
He consecrated so many temples, because people of lower cast(as per the society existed that time), were not allowed to enter the temples. So building temples for them , solved one important religious requirement(Also that indirectly forced upper class people to rethink untouchability. What if lower class people are no longer interested in upper class temples???). At a later stage, he asked his followers to build schools instead of temples(because he understood that already created temples solved one main issue of the downtrodden and building more temples do not make any sense).
He never talked against religious conversion. But again, his actions in the society, indirectly stopped conversion.
He mostly consecrated idols of Shiva or Devi Parvathi. and there is a temple were a mirror is consecrated. Your opinion about consecration of this idol of mirror is completely, completely wrong.. It DOESNT'T show Narayana Guru's "TRANSITION" over the years. A guru once "realized" do not have to "transition" to a new state. This action simply shows the "transition" of the "society" he lived in.. When he understood , it is time for a the society to accept a mirror(Advaita), he consecrated mirror.
He was like Shanakaracharya, SreeRamakrishna Paramahamsa or Ramana Maharshi.
Note: There is another mistake in this video. When Narayana Guru consecrated the first temple and when brahmins came and questioned his authority in consecrating the temple, he DIDN'T say "This is Ezhava Shiva not Brahmin Shiva" . What he said is something like "This is my Shiva not your Shiva". The brahmins got stunned by this answer and they left without arguing.
Sanghis spreading lies every where... Idiots
It is wrong to say that Guru didn't mention Ezhava Siva, that is exactly what he said
Didn't he along with chattampi swamikal did a reconversion pratice.He was very much against religious conversions happening among the lower castes towards christianity
@@12allrounder Both didn't do any re conversion. Chattambi swamikal has written a book "kristhumatha chedanam", which means "disecting christian religion". He wrote it because, christian missionaries were trying to defame hinduism in those days. So this book was his reply. But they didn't do any re conversion..
@@rejiaudit Guru didn't say "ezhava shiva". That was a wrong information in earlier books. Guru said "ഇത് നമ്മുടെ ശിവൻ ആണ്".
I heard about him for the first time and I liked this man..his path is worth following.
We are blessed in grace of Narayana Guru who paves our path today to universal spirituality. Ultimately it is in attaining Consciousness that uplifts humanity. We evolve in his blessings.
Without Narayana guru, kerala would have been a Christian dominant province like nagaland or mizoram ..as all lower castes were converting to christianity in kerala to escape from caste discrimination
Typical North Indian clown who comments without knowing anything about kerela or Christianity. Christianity arrived in Kerala's shores in the 5th century AD and most Christians in the state trace their origin to st Thomas. Ironically unlike most Christians in other states which have no caste discrimination as they were spread by missionaries, kerela Christians are of higher caste and actually forbid intermarriage between different sects. Castism is heavily prevalent among Kerela's Christians.
That’s for sure. Because Ezhava cast is the Majority out of all hindu casts in Kerala. If they ( we) all were converted Hindu would be absolute minority in Kerala.
Lower caste? Who are not lower caste in kerala among hindus except namboodiris?
In kerala, there was a difference in caste structure from the rest of india. Among the Brahmins, there were upper and lower sub castes, and there were no Kshatriyas or Vaishyas. The rest of the castes were discriminated against each other, like the class difference in feudalism
@@codlover4727ezhava not the biggest caste in kerala according to 2010 indian census Nair's are 13%
And ezhavas are 12%
and thiyas are 10%
And in ezhava caste certificate caste written as ezhava and nair caste certificate caste written as nair and thiya caste certificate caste written as thiyya same goes with their 10 th class mark sheet also ezhavas are mainly found in south and central Kerala
But Nair found all parts of Kerala and thiyas are found mainly in Malabar or north part of Kerala culturally also thiyas are ezhavas are very different
5:19 he was the most fluid amongst all philosophers …..an evolved reformer and changed with knowledge and time 😮
He never said ‘ezhava Siva ‘, he said it is ‘my Siva ‘
Ezhava caste from Sri Lanka & Buddhists ?
@@Ruhaan-6667 so what they accepted sanathana dharma, its an irrelevant question.
Correction, ‘our Shiva’!
@@Ruhaan-6667 Ezhavas are the real sons of Soil.
They left mainland to lanka for trade..when they returned lot of things changed..thus they were called as Ezhavas.
Ezhava’s are natives of Sri Lanka and has origins of Kshatriya ! Natives of Sri Lanka belonged to Mahayana Buddhism were chased away by Sinhalese who followed Theravada Buddhism!!
Narayana guru reformed ezava, made sure that they have respect for themselves and taught them Vedanta. He fought against casteism. That is the corner stone of his philosophy and movement…
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
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Personally felt the difference in reformation that happend in Tamil Nadu vs Kerala was ,one was totally against the concept of sanatan dharma with idea of dravidianism propagated by periyar and in kerala is that of Sri narayana guru which is well adhered to sanatan dharma ,by the advaita vedanta
Naaah
@@JithuFrancisyr bias is not even noticeable.
Athe real reformers in tamilnadu where ramanuchacharya from sree vaishnava sambradhaya and nayanmars from shaiva sambradhaya
Study about Ramanuchacharya works he has done things much greater than sree narayana guru,he was the real reformer in Tamil nadu not Chrstian missnry product periyar
@@user-SHGfvs sadly as someone outside Tamil Nadu ,I have never heard about him nor Tamil people make him popular
Brahmarshi Sri Narayana Guru established the Advaita Ashram in 1913 in picturesque Aluva, overlooking of the holy river Periyar. The Guru also established a Samskrutam School alongside for studies on Upanishads. These events were about two decades prior to the so called temple entry proclamation.
pampa is the holy river bro not periyar.
Brahmarshi 😂
@@agrareeja3009 periyar is also Holly river it was called poorna nadhi at adhi shankaracharya's time it was associated with siva temple
There events, writings post all that too. He clearly renounces sanatana and any religion for that matter.
What a joke
Narayana guru is not a puzzle for million of people all over the world. In Kerala Guru might be a puzzle. That's another story!
His thoughts were so modern.
But it was very necessity for the kerala.
He was the flag bearer of the Renaissance happened in Kerala that turned the state from worst caste practiced place to the best now.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
Kerala still has Caste and religious problems.
The 1818 A.D description of Sabarimala temple by Benjamin Ward states that the "Malayali Brahmin priests were in charge of officiating the Celibate deity as visited by thousands of devotees irrespective of caste from various parts of India" more than 200 years ago.
It is attested by historians until the 20th century that the annual festival at Sripadmanabhaswamy temple began with the fire brought by the Malayali Pulaya-caste of Malabar (Kerala) unlike the caste-group 'Pulaiyas, Holeyas etc' of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka etc in history as well as the Malayali tradition that "In the neighbourhood of Trivandrum (Kerala), the Pulayars are accustomed to boast of having once had a chieftain of their own-caste at 'Pulayanar Kotta' and the Shudra-family in the neighbourhood freely admit that their ancestors were the Pulayan’s accountants." - Samuel Mateer - 19th Century C.E
Sree Narayana gurus reply was that he consecrated that *our Shiva* . It is utterly incorrect and he never used the caste names ever in his entire life. Please amend your words accordingly.
Interesting personality. We may wonder if such thoughts from such great minds have any place in say a modern day Bangladesh or Pakistan! All reformers seem to wield so much eloquence only on this soil. It would have been a treat to watch them even be allowed to remain alive in other non-hindu nations. Their existence is both a blessing and a bane in this country. 😊
Not a bane. Truth eventually wins. 100 vedantis r superior to a million regular hindus.
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He is one who thought about and stood and worked alongside the "untouchables" when they couldn't even access medical treatments. While people like Dr.Palpu were arguing for the rights and fought legal wars through petitions, Guru was rebuilding the confidence the group lost that some change is possible. Imagine the pain Dr.Palpu underwent.
Very impressive and a great example!🪷
Sree Naryana Guru was definitely influenced by philosophy of Tamil siddhars, like others of his period social reformers. His one god one religion and other philosophies are influenced by Thurumoolar's Thirumandiram and Thirukkural. The Tamil side gave him more revolutionary philosophies, Anti-Bramhinical hegemony and social reforms.
Many attempts are being made to falsely portray Sri Narayana Guru as a secular reformer opposed to Sanatana Dharma by the Leftists and secular lobby. Let them answer why Guru wrote ever so many shlokas and stotras in praise of Hindu gods and goddesses! Also he consecrated so many temples across the length and breadth of Kerala following the pooja modes outlined in the sacred tantric texts. The idea is to keep dividing the Hindu community whose unity the CPM deeply fears. People are not fools.
To be honest, he was against tantric system and didn't establish any worship style. He built temples were people can come and pray as that time majority of lower castes weren't allowed inside temples. But he never advocated any Brahminical customs, rather wanted to keep simply medidation places. That got changed, slowly as most of the devotees wanted typical Kerala style pooja system. If you understand, Ezhavas never had access to learn Tantra as it was sole monopoly of Nampoothiris and Nampoothiris will never enter into any temples established by Gurudeva etc. So after Guru's death, some followers started joining Tantra peedoms in false identities and learnt Tantric pratices. Then later govt itself established Tantric school and allowed people of all castes to learn, so some famous priests evolved from Ezhava community who introduced tantric style in their temples. Even now, Ezhava priests are not allowed to do poojas in main temples, only in SNDP temples.
@@arunvarmaotherYou have points I agree with. Guru was true modernist in his spirituality.
Its basically chrstin ideology not commi ideology part of Dravidian politics they playing in Tamil nadu
@@arunvarmaotherexactly!
@@arunvarmaotherEver heard about siva raja yoga it's a form of tantra Sree narayana guru followed please stop spreading misinformation .You can't deny the fact his guru was a tamil brahmin called thycaud ayya tantra is not alien to guru
You have articulated it very well.
Thank You!
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Why the corrupt pinarayi Vijayan who at best a communal leader in the photo.
Narayana Guru should be hailed as the rescuer of 🕉 in Kerala which as swami vivekananda had said become a lunatic asylum due to the idiocy of the namboodiris and nairs of that time.. thank God for him reviving true Advait philosophy else we would have lost Kerala also in 1947
Did Keralites ask for joining Pakistan in 1947?
@@SV-wu2myarya bramins would have asked and we have many freedom fighters in kerala unlike 👟varkar who call himself the obidient servent of British empire
@@SV-wu2myYour mouth is worse than a toilet paper, poor Nazi kid
Lost Kerala in 1947? Bro, whatever it is that you are smoking, please share it with us too.
@@SV-wu2my they would have if conversions had kept happening like in Punjab and Bengal.. that’s the point. Narayana Guru prevented that.
Thanks for such a nice nuanced "cut the clutter". Journalists nowadays instead of giving clarity are doing politicians role of claiming reformers and who not to fit their agendas.....
Narayana Guru is very much a Sanatani Hindu. The Upanishads are full of such great rishis and rishikas who rejected caste. The Commies think every religion is straight jacketed like Christianity and Islam. Hinduism is a plural and syncretic faith and criticism is always welcome.
This is why Kerala society is far different from other States still live in casteism. Unlike other States, the Renaissance/enlightenment first brought benfits to the oppressed caste people later followed by opresssor castes. Therefore they argued against untouchability, casteism and oppression and strived towards egalitarianism. In other States, the brahmins or other opressor castes were the prime benifitiaries of colonial modernity. Reformers like Raja RAM Mohan Rai founded Arya samaj to reform their own caste people, like abolition of sati, etc but they don't want to change the social hierarchy and dalits getting empowered.
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
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Narayana Guru❤.. The Reformer who is not celebrated or remembered as. Much he deserves.. Just because he was not from an upper caste..
there is no other guru who is revered in kerala as much as sree Narayana guru, millions of malayalees of all caste and religion take part in Sivagiri Pilgrimage..tell me another guru from kerala how many know that shankara was from kerala no one, how many do pilgrimage to kaladi literally no one
@jithinpoliyedathmohanan7237 well.. Thats a paradox.. He became guru of one community.. So what happened the community which has. Less. Impact outside kerala if not population wise but culturally and econonically reatricted guru to Kerala...
As someone from ezhava community, what I observe is majority of keralites seen him as a social reformer , but we saw him as god,we always have a place for in our poojaroom, I assume you are aware of it unless you were from malabar
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@@jithinpoliyedathmohanan7237 Shankaracharya born before 1century CE do you believe sree narayana guru will remembered like Shankaracharya after 1000 years?
If you’re saying this . I can easily say you’re not from Kerala..
Sree Narayana Guru is one of the greatest sanathani who build over 45 temples over his time…
While the quote “one caste, one religion for the mankind… “ was to get majority backward hindu community to mainstream (which accounts more than 50% of the population) who were undoubtedly going through massive discrimination (even Swami Vivekananda looking at the situation once mentioned the situation of caste system in Kerala at that time makes Kerala a madhouse)..
Guru efforts shaped the community, by empowering them with education, giving access to temples and enlightened society of true hindu sanadhana dharma which do don’t discriminate against anyone… also he never propagated against any other religion, he stood within his culture and stressed to revolutionize the society what we see today as 100% literate state
Swami Vivekananda - "In Malabar (Kerala) the women lead in everything. Exceptional cleanliness is apparent everywhere and there is the greatest impetus to learning. When I was in Malabar (Kerala), I met many women who spoke good Sanskrit, while in the rest of India not one woman in a million can speak it. Malabar (Kerala) has never been conquered either by the Portuguese (Christians) or by the Muslims" - Swami Vivekananda
F. Buchanan - "If a Pulayar is touched by the Parayar caste he is defiled, and must wash his head and pray.” -
The Malayalis did not practice any discrimination on the basis of 'caste-system, untouchability etc' with the 'Christian converts or Muslim converts' therefore Swami Vivekananda while visiting Kerala said that the "Malabaris (Malayalis) are lunatics as the poor Paraya caste is not allowed to pass through the same street as the higher castes but if he changes his name to a hodge-podge English name or Mohammadan name, it is alright"
"Every man going out of the Hindu religion is not only a man less, but an enemy more." - Swami Vivekananda
Guru was not propagating Hinduism which divided people on the basis of caste. He was a visionary who understood that the society was not ready to understand the futility of caste and religion back then. He therefore started with consecrating idols of Hindu Gods, and eventually by the end of it he consecrated the mirror, making people understand that God is within us, and not in idols.
Hindusim doesn't says god is in idols. Idol is just a way for ordinary people to visualise god. Just like Christians worship cross of Jesus in Churches.
If God created the universe, God should exists everywhere, including idols..
@Jithumohan5572 Dude, most devi temples in Kerala still has mirror consecration. Even adi shankara did mirror consecration. It symbolise "Aham brahmasmi". An advaita vedanta principle. Guru was an advaita vedanti. He was an eminent scholar in Sanskrit as well.
I feel pity for you guys saying he never practised Hinduism! 😂...
Learn about Guru first, then talk.
Correction. My consecration is of "ours" Shiva not of a brahmins Shiva. Malayalam "Naam nammude Shivane aanallo pratishtichatu ningalude allallo". It means that I consecrated our shiva not yours(brahmins). The brahmins and upper casts made an objection that time.
It is a puzzle for modern policians because, narayana guru's philosophy shatters the political agenda that they want to establish. But guru has great number of followers, though not everyone bring those philosophies into action, the mass support is a great voters bank for them.
Guru's ideology is simple. Humans first, not human made.
Secular pundits are defining Sree Narayana Guru like the blind describing the elephant. That great Rishi was factually a proclaimed Advaithi like Adi Sankara. After attaining supreme knowledge of the reality he worked for the spiritual and social emancipation of the downtrodden. Casteism and untouchability used to be practicised by every community against all those they considered to be not equal to them. It was prevelent even among the subgroups of each caste. Then Gurudev's work was one of elevating people spiritually, starting from idol worship to going up to meditation on formless Brahma or Advaita. Even though he respected all relgions what he built are only temples, wrote are only Keertans of Sanatan Dharma Gods. He militated against Beef eating, justified Idol worship. Went in to final Samadhi hearing the recitation of Yogavasishtan Jeevan mukthi prakarana portion.. His contemporaries and desciples like Poet Kumaranasan and Journalist Moorkothu Kumaran have portrayed Sree Narayana Guru as a Great Sanathana Hindu Yogi and a successful social reformer. Now wested interest groups hide the first part and highlight the second. This is an unpardonable crime against Gurudev as well as history. Let not petty politics and communal bias sully his glory. This is a prayer with folded hands. Then, the slogan one caste, one religion, one god for mankind was first coined by Ayya Vaikunta Swamikal from Kanyakumari who was also an elevated soul and social reformer. Guru probably universalised the slogan. He is a very good example of Sanskritisation too.
There was no hindutva in his preachings. He was an inclusive person. That is why he has great acceptance across religions and castes
Ezhava and Thiyyar are lost brothers of Sinhalese in Sri Lanka
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
Please note: He did not wear saffron like other monks.
Early days he was wearing white and at the time of Srilankan journey, he used yellow dress.
See how the saffronisation by sanghis went unnoticed even in your selection of Guru's picture
But many hindu saint and monk still wear yellow or white clothes
And he wore saffron during his visit to lanka cry now commie
@Soulreaper286 never, when some one offered he insisted first that will use his white clothe, പിന്നീട് "നിർബന്ധമാണെങ്കിൽ മഞ്ഞ ധരിക്കാം " എന്ന് സമ്മതിച്ചു. Sndp യുടെ കൊടി യുടെ നിറവുമഞ്ഞയാണ്.
ഗുരുവിനെ കാവി പുതപ്പിക്കാൻ ചാണക സംഘികൾ നോക്കണ്ട. ചുവപ്പ് പുതപ്പിക്കാൻ കമ്മികളും
Oh dear commie .. idk what your local committe is giving you guys to smoke.. Sree narayana guru never wore yellow dress.
Grow up, not everything about saffron is Sanghi. By this means,, even Shankaracharya can be dubbed as Sanghi
We still follow atleast say his words "dont ask Caste..Dont tell caste"
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A true Advaita. This is as pure as it gets. Advaita Sanatan is based on no worship of idols. You're the temple of God.
Narayana Guru is a true follower of Sanatana Dharma and is 100% Hindu. He hated caste division of Hindus and he wanted Hindus to unite without caste. He believed in Advaita Vedanta and even wrote a lot of poems praising Hindu gods, and even built Hindu temples. Only a fool will say he is not a Hindu or follower of Sanatana Dharma.
Narayana Guru was a social reformer. He didn't believed in any Religion or cast. He was available to everybody who needed his advise. He belived in Sanathan Values sich as honesty, abstinence from harming living beings, purity, goodwill, mercy, patience, forbearance, self-restraint, generosity, asceticism
Have you even read his Daivadashakam, Darshana Mala, Atmoupadeshashatakam or any number of his shlokas and stotras in praise of Hindu deities?? If he didn't believe in any religion, why did he consecrate so many temples open to all throughout Kerala? He was first and foremost a Yogi and an Advaitin as reveled in his works. Read them and then opine!
@@emsworthcastle4849whenever a guy says something intelligent you guys spit the most unknown books and asking have you read it , what he meant Guru represent Good Intentions and Values . So stop spitting on his face !
@@emsworthcastle4849have you read all this books ? What makes you think Guru is Hindu , have you read his Autobiography ?
@@one-eyedgaming6767😅😅No quarrels with One-eyed people.
@@one-eyedgaming6767Ohhh...Guru is not a Hindu...ok. . He is from Criminals Party of Malabar....Happy. 😅😅
Everything isn't alright in the video... you should definitely do some more research and do such sensitive subject
Guru replied, " നാം നമ്മുടെ ശിവനെയാണ് പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചത്". It's doesn't mean Ezhava shiva, it resembles 'Thatvamasi'. To the god who protects ourselves.
Guru himself stated in one of his last public sermons in Pallathuruthi in 1927: "ഒരു ജാതി ഒരു മതം ഒരു ദൈവം മനുഷ്യന് എന്നുള്ള സനാതനധർമ്മം അങ്ങനെയുള്ള ഒരു മതമാകുന്നു. ഈ സനാതന ധർമ്മത്തിൽ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നവരെയെല്ലാം ഒന്നായി ചേർക്കുന്നത് സംഘടനയ്ക്ക് ഏറ്റവും ഉത്തമ രീതിയായിരിക്കുമെന്ന് നമുക്കു തോന്നുന്നു."
Translation: One caste, one religion, one God for man is such a religion. We feel that the best method of organization would be to bring together all those who believe in this Sanatana Dharma
Did he say Sanathana Dharma , where is it written ?
@@one-eyedgaming6767In his last public speech in Pallathuruthi(SNDP meeting)
Still demand caste certificate benefits one being an Ezhava !!
Ezhavas are from Sri Lanka (Ezhavathu Nadu) and their past is Srilankan Buddhism
@@schaden_freude007 again bullshit
Guru was a precaher of Bhagavad Gita To propogate Gita & chapter 2 ( Sanatana Dharma) of Gita, he wrote a grand poem " Dharmam" and a book " Gadhya prarthana"and advised all his disciples to chant these japams daily. He said" one god and one religion" and established 108 Shiva temples. His teachings were verbatim, verses of Bhagavad Gita.
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So happy to see a handful of Kerala Hindus fighting back the pseudo-Leftists and Communists in the comments section and asserting the spiritual legacy of Guru.
😂True desperate attempts to make him agnoistic by commies
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
He fought against the Christian missionaries. Without this saint missionaries would have converted the entire kerala.
What bollock?.. Marthoma church denied the conversion of large number of ezhavas at that time saying that conversion does not solve social issues. Sri Narayana Guru followed the philosophers of enlightenment europe while acknowledging indian streams as well. Guru had given diksha to european disciple by giving a suite and tie, he had Kerala christian disciple as well. Guru is remembered as social reformer in Kerala. Guru is remembered by muslims and Christians alike in Kerala because he was a humanist.
False… he is a reformist in Hindu religion …he is against all religion
@@kangleipak_pride enlightenment europe"? 😂😂 They were discussing about Slavery at that time. 🤣 And the Chirstian USA is keeping slaves in their homes at that time. And they discriminated against black people until 1960s!
Once VHP declared they will free hindu temples we are seeing some particular topics being discussed by politicians and news channels
Every caste in Kerala was untouchable to the Brahmin including Nair, who could approach but not touch a Brahmin. I am not sure why the narrator conveniently omitted this. Ezhavas were considered outside the Hindu caste system because of their Buddhist origins. Temples of Kodungallur (of Kannagi fame) and the Sabarimala (Ayyappan) and several others were once Buddhist.
There is Debt going on this topic. But I doubt it is proved yet !
Namboothiris and Nairs are Hindus. Ezhavas from Sri Lanka have Buddhist background. Read some history.
@Ruhaan-6667 what are you trying to imply ?
Nairs literally ruled kerala and even brahmins had to live according to the former's rules.
An Ezhava had to stay 16 ft away from a Nair and if one violates this, Nairs could cut the avarna down
@@bladey_0_10 In Kerala, Namboothiris and Nairs are true Hindus
Beautiful piece
Thanks. Very interesting, nuanced viewpoint.
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No confusion. Some politicians don't want anything good association with Hinduism.
Introduction is wrong....Sri Narayana guru is from one of the richest family in Kerala in his time...He used his own wealth to establish schools...Sri Narayana Guru established Shiva and Muruga temples only... Kindly do proper research and please don't include people like Manu Pillai's opinions who know nothing..why are you talking about umbrellas....the whole thing started against casteism...Ezhavas were practicing ayurveda ,Kalaripayattu also..why talking only about toddy tapping...why are you blabbering matriarchy to Ezhavas...it was practised by nairs and Brahmins only...
Nope. Alumootil channar family was the richest family back then in Travancore. Guru's family was a lower middle class family.
Guru was a social reformer, and it is unreasonable to limit his influence to a single religion.
He encouraged the construction of temples, schools, and factories. However, he eventually observed that people were overly focused on building grand temples. He gently criticized this narrow motive, consistent with his nature of offering mild critiques. These criticisms should not be mistaken as his approval.
You misquoted SN Guru, and probably Pinarayi Vijayan too. CM was supporting Sri Narayanana ashram (Sivagiri) heads comment on removing shirts.
Additionally Guru was not a Hindu Sanatani saint or any religion. He in has clearly stated that he has left both religion & caste years ago, also warned against people are trying to put him specific boxes. He also stated his sanyasam was given to him by British.
His actions and teachings are squarely against varnashrama ie Sanatana Dharma and also other religions who wants put people in boxes
Advaita vedantam (The path guru followed) as well as Shiva yogam are considered to be path of Sanatan dharma. Just because he denied varnashrama doesn't means he wasn't a Sanatani. Sanatana Dharma is not limited to one book or one philosophy. It is a basket of many spiritual path.
Ignorant people like you who have no knowledge about this can only point out to varnasramam when u hear sanatan dharma. Varnashramam was a social concept introduced by Brahmanism. It has nothing to do with the entire Sanatan dharma or Hinduism.
Left hand side of Hinduism is complete opposite to brahminism and yet it is still considered as Hinduism. For example Aghori lineages, Shaakta Tantra, Kashniri shaivism etc.
It's Sreenarayana Guru. Pay respect where it's due. Don't be so ignorant and disrespectful.
He is a great philosopher 😊
Ezhavas are not the biggest caste in kerala according to 2010 indian census Nair's are 13%
And ezhavas are 12%
and thiyas are 10%
And in ezhava caste certificate caste written as ezhava and nair caste certificate caste written as nair and thiya caste certificate caste written as thiyya same goes with their 10 th class mark sheet also ezhavas are mainly found in south and central Kerala
But Nair found all parts of Kerala and thiyas are found mainly in Malabar or north part of Kerala culturally also thiyas and ezhavas are very different and 2 different castes
Reform is therefore a defunct term (N.A), there are only Believers and Seekers.
Believers either accept or deny what they do not know. I.e. nothing experiential about it.
Seekers revel in their own divinity, i.e. they do the hard work find out for themselves.
What is experiential that needs no debate.
This experiential reality needs no caste just a human being.
Pinari Vijayan is in a league of his own, neither believer nor seeker just a plain old politician, going about collecting votes.
How many of the ezhavas of Narayan Guru are keeping the sadhana he gave them.
the ones that are keeping it, know that the CM is bogus.
Caste is based on job you do and is fluid until manusmriti which made it heritary
Samadhi is disputed as there are claims that he was killed by his close confidants when his samadhi didn't succeed.
Guruji was still staying with the ‘seeker’ model of Sanatana than the ‘believer’ model of the Abrahamic! ‘Seeker-experiential’ model, if you apply the logic, seems a far better model than ‘blind-believer’ prescriptive model ! So, Guruji took the right decision!
This dichotomy is only got colonized minds trapped in western linear thinking. Hindu leaders and thought revels in complexity. Most of our epics and hero heroines are similarly multi faceted..no cookie cutter characters need apply.
This lady needs to to reconnect with her roots
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Guru did not say "Ezhava Shiva".What he said was "our Shiva".
Guru very clearly said Ezhavas Shiva.
What does that mean?
@@Akshay_p_kumarThe Ezhavas discrimated Dalits in Kerala. When an Ezhava walks on road the Dalits should stand 10 feet away.
@@Akshay_p_kumarYeah, the British recorded Guru's speech and it is on UA-cam and instagram. 😂
@@Akshay_p_kumarhe said “ naam nummude Shiva “ , which translates to “we our Shiva” .. in those days ‘we’ and ‘I ‘ were used interchangeably like some Hindi speakers saying ‘hum’ to refer a single person ..
Sanatana Dharma was created in 1920 after death of Srinaryana guru . He didn't create any Advaita ashram. It's called sivagiri matham.
😅😅Sanatana Dharma goes back to the Vedas. The philosophy ...its is much older. Also Guru founded the Advaita ashram at Alwaye! Go read some history bro.
Its not Alwaye its Aluva, Ernakulam district.
@@emsworthcastle4849 Savarkar created Sanatan dharma so that he can create RSS
@anilraghu8687 Savarkar also wrote the Ramayana, Vedas and Bhagavad Geeta...🤣🤣
He is not a puzzle. Some separatists have been trying successfully to alienated Ezava community from main stream. Conversion vizards tried this even when Narayana Guru was alive, unsuccessfully. He rejected Christians and Islam.
They tried this with Ambedkar too. But Ambedkar realised that Sanatan Dharma is far superior to Abrahamic religions.
Today, CPM is a Muslim Party, especially after a much married Muslim got the daughter of major leader, Islam became the unofficial religion of CPM. However, Ezava Community is not falling into that trap. The strategy that they tried with Sri Narayana Guru is now tried with Sivagiri. They have raised a flimsy issue like wearing upper garments by men in Hindu temples and Sivagiri has fallen into the trap of Political Islam.
Narayana guru was not at all secular in any way. He was off course against caste system but he was a profound sanadhani.This were some of his Sanskrit works , any of them seem secular to you .Asramam
Bhadrakaliashtakam
Brahmavidya Panchakam
Charama Slokangal
Chidambarashtakam
Darsana Mala
Dharmam
Genani Navamanjari
Guhashtakam
Homa Manthram
Municharya Panchakam
Nirvruthi Panchakam
Slokathrayi
Sree Vasudeva Ashtakam
Vedantha Suthram
Vinayaka Ashtakam
Actually Guru was not married, by him self.
There was a retual at the time. The mother or sister of the Groom can offer the Bride a Pudava (Saree) and when she accepts it, it is considered as the marriage is done.
The family members of Guru said him to get married and when he refused they find him a wife, thinking that he may change his mind, but Guru have gone for Sanyasam
Temples are made by Guru so that who are said not to go in or near the temples can go in, worship and even any people, who believes in Guru or the temple can worship in it without a problem of caste or religion.
And all people even men can wear shirts in, pants, jeans, etc. in the temples made by Guru.
The good works of Narayana Guru has been hijacked by Ee.Ve.Ramasamy Naicker popularly known as Periyar.
The protests the anti-Caste struggles which Naraya Guru has done has been hijacked, renamed and *stickered* and credited in the name Periyar by the Dravidan politicians.
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Sanatan Dharma cannot be followed by any Hindus other than Brahmins. Even the Guru opposes these practices. According to Sanatan Dharma, only Brahmins and upper castes get benefit. In early Kerala history, upper-caste people refused to allow lower-caste individuals into temples, denied them education, and were unwilling to let them walk on the same paths. However, social reformers like Sree Narayana Guru and others fought for the rights of the people, ensuring access to education, the freedom to worship God, and the ability to visit temples. History reminds us who we are, and where we comes from.
Sanatan Dharma literally means Eternal Dharma. It is a Basket of Hindu spirituality from Vedas, Upanishads, Advaita vedanta, Shakta tantra, Vaishmavism, Shaivism, Kashmiri Shaivism - it also includes Brahminism, that's all.
All the ignorant people like u think Sanatan Dharma means caste system. 😂
Narayana guru is the icon of kerala rennaisence. Sanatanis can't digest his ideologies. Without caste hierarchy there is no Sanatan dharma. Narayana guru reformed the religion practices of kerala "Hindu's" . He opposed any kind descrimination in the spiritual / religious practices. He placed "one's dignity to live" over evrything else.
He was vedantic
So Shiva worshiper isn't sanatani? What can i say.
@@abhinavdwivedi6869by sanatani if you mean those who follow traditional brahmanical hinduism then no. He wasn't a sanatani
Caste system in Hindhuism was always benefitting the top of the heirarchy in India. And this is still going on and will be here untill unless there is any positive reform happens. Without the caste system there is no Sanatan Dharma. Narayana Guru was against all of this descrimination.
In Kerala because of Narayana guru and other rennaisence spiritual leaders the oppressed caste got uplifted. So if you see the current social and economical structure in Kerala ezhava's became a dominant caste and that movement beneffitted other hindu caste's also.
@@Stardust_26The Ezhavas discrimated the Dalits in Kerala. A Dalit should stay away from an Ezhava by 10 feets as per Kerala's castesystem. Of course Guru was different from most of Ezhavas
pls do the video on our social reformer saint vallalar
Guru re-converted (Khar wapasi) thousands of Christians back to Hinduism and stopped completely, any conversion from ezhava community.
Who gave him the right to do that ? Christ is the way not some brahminical falsehoods
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A sham and a charlatan masqueraded by Lemurian Dravidians as some kind of saint.
Glory to the Arya Dharma! Reverence for the Devas and Brahmins!
Narayana guru opened temples and changed kavs to temples also followed brahmanical ways to promote personal hygiene in people.Personal hygiene was a main reason behind untouchability.Back in the 1900s chemical medicine field wasn't as developed as that of today.Even kings used die early.so social distancing was practiced among different feudal category.
Illiterates often reduce religions to sociology unfortunately. Big problem. Religion is basically ur life philosophy that may guide ur social action but it is not social actions itself.
Beautiful for Guru is GOD incarnate who has transcended Binaries
The philosophies and beliefs of Narayana Guru and Rajaram Mohan Roye are the same as the philosophies and beliefs of Abrahamic Religions, the closest one being Islam, as they believed in one God/Bhagwan/ultimate enity/creator and neither promoted idol worship nor discriminate between people and believed in equality and justice.
They did all the things that religions intended, including being kind, being just, and speaking against injustice,spreading love,etc, which are fundamentals of every religion.
They were the true Hindus who promoted the beautiful Hindu concept of Universal Brotherhood than the toxic manipulated book of Manu that discriminated people on the basis of their birth.
Legends and gifts to humanity.
All ingrained in Sanatana Dharma which pre-dates all Abrahamic religions.
What the bullshit are u even talking?
Sanatan dharama simply means - Eternal Dharma. Which is a Basket of All dharmic Spiritual concepts.
From Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvat gita, Puranas, itihasas, Advaita vedanta, Shakta tantras, Shaiva tantra, Yoga shastras and many more.
Each Sampradhayas has their own ways.
Guru was a follower of Advaita Vedanta path.
Ignorant people like u think sanatana dharma means only brahminism.
Lefties only destroyed industries in Kerala, so they have to make Guru a lefty to say they made reform 😂
Communist uses quotes of guruji for their personal benefits..😢
What is the basis or rationality of the untouchability…is it the energy levels or aura of people after meditation and mantra japa.?
Next nonsense, dude you need to know that ?
@@one-eyedgaming6767I didn’t know that is why I asked , I was curious , I am not against any Brahmins , shatriyas , sudras or vysyas .If the shoe fits you , wear it .I am neutral in all this .
Western education at the time itself wasn't that developed...western medicine really grew post 1940s
Travancore was the first place where western Education was implemented in 1830s. Swati Thirunal introduced India's first free school for English for common man, so as later places. The first public hospital for commoners in Allopathy was started in 1820s to control cholera in Trivandrum. So has no idea about our own history?
hinduis is about logic at one level and faith at another level. compared to more of faith and less of logic of the abrahamic religions. people understand god, as per their level of knowledge and capacity. in the vedas, there are lot of details about Siva, his powers, his creation, his rules, how the fire was first created, how the sun came from fire. how the sky was created etc., anyone can have his own faith, but for logic, they have to explain
The fact that his father was school teacher and uncle an Ayurveda practiciner debunks your propaganda that his caste was polluted and they were to maintain distance from namboodiris.
This is how propaganda is spread against hindus to divide them
Exceptionalism is not the general view . Guru was Exceptional case because he got to acquire knowledge. This is not propaganda because caste pollution was very common there.
The missionaries started schools and med facilities for all long before he was born , the kingdom though initially resisted had to open up schools as missionary's schools were spreading education was available for all and the Ezhavas the caste of guru threatened to convert to Christianity if temple entry was prohibited , it was only in 1936 that temple entry was allowed for low castes in Travancore.
During those times ,certain ezhava families who practiced ayurveda are allowed to learn Sanskrit but shouldn't try to learn scriptures.Guru himself didn't took the rule seriously and if I'm correct he went to Karnataka ( manglore )for his further sadhana ...outside kerala rules where much more liberal.
And regarding untouchability Namboodiri Brahmins who occupies the highest hierarchy,were practicing untouchability even with other Brahmins who had to maintain a certain distance from them in public view.
And it was not that all ezhava caste people were poor and marginalised ,there were families who got grants and had big havelis ,not all were in downtrodden too,but the fact remains in the hierarchy of caste they were lower than Brahmins and nairs who existed.There were titles of "panickers" which king gave to many castes which gave them an extra honour ,and in that there were nair ,ezhava ,even certain Christian families included.So it's not all black and white and we are talking about 1 kingdom of travancore out of 3 ( some parts of Madras presidency) that all later formed into one state of Kerala
@@12allrounderAlso the Ezhavas discrimated Dalits as a Dalit should stay 10 feet away as the Ezhava walks on the road. Discrimated discrimating those beneath them. 😂
Your inference is wrong. The caste system manifested differently in Kerala compared to North India.
He taught one religion ...... Humankind But Remained as Guru of one Caste "Irular/Billavas"
What the bullshit are u even talking?
Sanatan dharama simply means - Eternal Dharma. Which is a Basket of All dharmic Spiritual concepts.
From Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvat gita, Puranas, itihasas, Advaita vedanta, Shakta tantras, Shaiva tantra, Yoga shastras and many more.
Each Sampradhayas has their own ways.
Guru was a follower of Advaita Vedanta path.
Ignorant people like u think sanatana dharma means only brahminism.
Narayana gurus ideologies would be disastrous in modern Kerala...he lived in a time when the muslims of Kerala weren't multiplying their population in record rates or going on a conversion spree.
Kerala is clearly now on its way to becoming a Muslim majority state.
Say "one caste one religion and one god for all humans" to a mallu muslim 😂😂 it's plain laughable!
He SHOULDN'T be a puzzle. It's as simple as it can get. Sadly those POISONED with this religion muck over complicate things. Such limited thinking.
Guru followed advaita vedanta. It is part of Hinduism!
I am from the ezhava community and my family are big followers of guru with my grandpa starting the the first S.N.D.P in our area and my great grandfather was a friend of guru. Almost all of ezhava families has a photo of guru among the gods. Some say guru had mystical powers. As someone who was taught about guru from a young age(taught even more for a quiz and stuff) i can say guru was indeed a sanathan believer. He was a logical man and wanted to filter out every bad practice from the community leaving all the good stuff.
Are you from varkala
"In the Tamil society, the Paraiyars and Pulaiyars were the untouchables as well as the enslaved". - S. Pushpalatha - Historian - Madurai Kamaraj University.
It is an open-fact that 'Ezhava, Pulaya, Paraya etc' were common-caste names of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the past as For Example, The South Indian Inscriptions of the Chola kings as translated by the Epigraphist E. Hultzsch refers to various settlements of the caste-group Ezhavas (Ezhaseri), Paraiyas (Paraiseri), Pulaiyas (Pulaiseri) etc in Tamil Nadu between the 10th Century and 11th Century C.E.
The caste-group of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Bhatta (Bhattathiri), Vellala, Kammala (Vishwakarma), Ezhava (Channan), Paraya, Pulaya, Kurava etc' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking immigrants of Kerala (Malabar) referred to as 'Pandi Pattar (Iyer), Pandi Vellala, Pandi Kammala (Vishwakarma), Pandi Ezhava (Shanar aka Nadar), Pandi Paraya, Pandi Pulaya, Pandi Kurava etc' in Kerala (Malabar) history.
For Example: "Pulaya is a caste of Malabar region (Kerala) as well as Madurai and Coimbatore region (Tamil Nadu)" - Census of India 1901
The Malayali Brahmin king of Porca (i.e Purakkad in Kerala) had an army of 30,000 soldiers as consisting mostly of Chegos (i.e Chekon, Chon, Chovan etc) from whom the famous physician 'Itty Achuthan' was born in Kerala (Malabar) history as the native Malayali caste-group designated as Tiar (Thiyya), Elava (Ezhava) etc were also bound to accompany the Malayali Kings at his behest in war as according to the Foreign travelers themselves.
The term 'Channan' in the inscriptions and literary works of Kerala (Malabar) since the 9th Century C.E to 20th Century C.E as denoting the 'Malayali Ezhavas' or the term 'Shener' (i.e Channar) by the Foreign Travelers as denoting the 'Malayali Thiyyas' in Kerala (Malabar) history had nothing to do with the Tamil speaking caste-group referred to as 'Cantar' (shanar) in Sri Lanka or as 'Sandran' (shanar) in Tamil Nadu who have changed their caste name to 'Nadar' and campaigned for their inclusion of Travancore (Malabar) in the Tamil-speaking Madras State (Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-speaking Kerala state in the 20th Century C.E.
For Example:
Duarte Barbosa (1480-1521) - “In this land of Malabar (Kerala) from cumbla (kasaragod district) to cape comorin (kanyakumari district), all men use one tongue only which they call Maliama” (i.e Malayalam) .
@@Nithin90why you're spamming
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The essence of Sree Narayana Guru's inner soul remains a profound mystery to many, even today. I live in Canada, but my roots are in Varkala, where the majestic Sivagiri monument stands in honor of him. Growing up, I was deeply influenced by his teachings and philosophies, witnessing firsthand his actions across various eras. Now, at 34, I continue to explore the depth of his mindset. What I've come to understand from my lifelong journey is that Sree Narayana Guru sought to redefine "COMMON SENSE”. His vision was to inspire our community to expand our minds, promoting a culture of equality and mutual respect. His lessons are a gentle reminder for all of us, regardless of age, to evolve together in understanding and kindness.
Hai bro, me from kallambalam near Varkala
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@@Vaisakh_Santhakumarwhy ezhava people still follow Hinduism while historically they faced discrimination from brahmins in Kerala?
@@Vaisakh_Santhakumarwhy ezhava people still follow Hinduism despite suffering from casteism by brahmins