ABOUT SREE NARAYANA GURUDEVAN
Sree Narayana GurudevanSree Narayana Guru was born on the 20th of August 1856 under the star ‘Chathayam’ (Malayalam month Chingam 1032) in the village of Chempazhanthi in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala as the son of Madan Asan, a farmer and Kutti Amma.
Family and early life
There are many legends surrounding the life of Narayana Guru but few certain facts until his rise to prominence in 1887. He was born probably 1856, the son of an Ezhava peasant, Madan Asan and his wife Kuttiyamma, in the village of Chempazhanthy near Thiruvananthapuram. Most likely, he was educated at least in part by a Nair teacher from a nearby village. He was deeply influenced by Vedanta and by ideas of social equality and social and religious reform. He taught religion and Sanskrit to local children and studied yoga with notable ascetics such as Chattampi Swami.
Family and early life
There are many legends surrounding the life of Narayana Guru but few certain facts until his rise to prominence in 1887. He was born probably 1856, the son of an Ezhava peasant, Madan Asan and his wife Kuttiyamma, in the village of Chempazhanthy near Thiruvananthapuram. Most likely, he was educated at least in part by a Nair teacher from a nearby village. He was deeply influenced by Vedanta and by ideas of social equality and social and religious reform. He taught religion and Sanskrit to local children and studied yoga with notable ascetics such as Chattampi Swami.
