It was a forest area. There were hills around. A gurgling rivulet of river Neyyar also flowed there. As more people sought him out for healing or advice, he and his disciples felt the need for a regular temple for worshipping Shiva. At a beautiful spot near the river, he had his followers build a small canopy of coconut leaves and mango leaves over an altar on a rock jutting out in the water. The year was They improvised lamps with shells and arranged them in rows. They were lighted at dusk and a piper began to play devotional tunes.
The whole place was soon filled with pious village folk. Gurudevan, who had been sitting apart and meditating all night, stood at midnight and walked into the river.
As thousands watched silently If silence had music, the atmosphere was filled with it, wrote one correspondent he descended into the river and then reemerged, holding an idol of Shiva. He stood beneath the canopy with it in his arms for three hours, totally lost in meditation, tears flowing down his cheeks.
Finally, at three in the morning, he installed the idol on the pedestal. His action was equivalent of overturning the tables of the money changers, or refusing to give up a seat on the bus.
From the beginning of time, so far as anyone knew, only Brahmins had ever installed an idol. Yet when Gurudevan performed the sacred rite it appeared so natural for him to pick up a small rock and install it.
To those who questioned the timing of the consecration saying it was not an astrologically auspicious time, he replied: Horoscope is to be cast after the birth of a child, not before.
He instructed to place a plaque containing a motto on the temple wall which read as: Devoid of dividing walls of Caste Or hatred of rival faith, We all live here In Brotherhood, Such, know this place to be!
This Model Foundation! A new phase began in the Guru's life in He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana spiritual practice. He chose Sivagiri, twenty miles north of Thiruvananthapuram.
Goddess 'Amba' became his deity of worship. Next, he started a Sanskrit school in Varkala. Poor boys and orphans were taken under his care. They were given education regardless of caste distinctions. A temple was built for Sharada Devi in , at Sivagiri. Worship at such temples helped reduce to a large extent superstitious beliefs and practices.
The temple has a school in its compound named Sri Narayana School. The School encourages students' talents by organising talent competitions.
These competitions, regularly held every year, have been a platform for youngsters to stand up and recognise their talents. In , he founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva. This was an important event in his spiritual quest. This Ashram was dedicated to a great principle - Om Sahodaryam Sarvatra all men are equal in the eyes of God. This became the motto of the new Ashram. Between and he visited Sri Lanka many times. In , a Conference of Universal Brotherhood was held at Aluva.
Again in , a conference of all religions was held there. Guru stressed the need for a Brahma Vidyalaya for a comparative study of different religious faiths. It was called the Advaita Ashram. This was an important event in the life of the Guru. The Ashram was dedicated to a great principle - Om Sahodaryam Sarvatra all human beings are equal in the eyes of God. In , a Conference of Universal Brotherhood was held at Alwaye.
The Guru stressed the need for a Brahma Vidyalayam for the comparative study of various religious faiths. He had some moving experiences while travelling in Tamil Nadu in connection with his journey to Ceylon. While he was in Sree Ganapathi temple in heavy rain he said, "If there is anyone writing my biography, these experiences should not be missed, they should be recorded.
He went back only after repeated requests of his disciples and devotees. He further said in that message, The name Ezhava does not denote a caste or a religion and he made temple rights to everyone.
Therefore people can be admitted to this organization without paying heed to differences of caste. On June 14, Sree Narayana Guru consecrated a mirror - with the message "Om shanti" written on the surface - in a temple in Kalavankode.
The prathishta of the mirror is symbolic in that Advaita philosophers interpret the mirror as the visible symbol of the unity of the Finite and the Infinite. That was the last prathishta that the Guru would do. Schools rather than temples are to be preferred, he exhorted in a dramatic shift of focus. It was a splendid meeting which demonstrated the sincere, devout faith of the people in Gurudevan. Madhavan was one of the chief architects of this meeting. In Gurudevan took part in the special meeting of the SNDP Yogam at Kottayam and gave away registration certificates to the branch organizations.
Even though Guru started SNDP as a forum to lead the activities for social equality and caste less society, eventually SNDP turned out to be a forum of Ezhava caste, which is a contradiction to Guru's vision.
It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, It was 3 pm and Gurudevan was resting under a mango tree when the two presented the concept of Sivagiri pilgrimage. Before giving its his blessings he set out the goals of such a pilgrimage. He said: "Let the pilgrims congregate at the beginning of the European New Year. It should be Dhanu in Malayalam calendar. Let the pilgrims observe 10 days'self-purification according to Sri Buddha's principles of five purities pancha dharma - body, food, mind, word, deed.
He ruled that pilgrims could wear yellow clothes - the colour of the garments Sri Buddha wore. Let no one purchase yellow silk because we have recommended yellow garments. Not even new clothes are required on the pilgrimage. A pilgrim can dip a white garment in turmeric water and wear after drying.
The pilgrimage should be conducted with simplicity and preferably be accompanied by the chanting of hymns. There should be no shouting and pilgrims should scrupulously avoid trappings of ostentation. To Govindan Vaidyar and Kitten Writer, Gurudevan counted on his fingers the goals of the pilgrimage, explaining how to achieve them.
The goals were the promotion of 1. Education 2. Cleanliness 3. Devotion to God 4. Organisation 5. Agriculture 6. Trade 7. Handicrafts 8. Technical training He advised them to organise a series of lectures on the themes with experts conducting them. The lectures should be listened to attentively.
More important, the principles should be put into practice. Success must accompany efforts. Only then will the country and the people benefit. The Palluruthi event in was the last anniversary of the Yogam which Gurudevan attended.
It was also the last public function Gurudevan attended. Gurudevan went to Vellur Mutt at Vaikom to rest. There he was taken ill.
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