SreeNarayanaGuru

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Dr. P. Padmanabhan, the darbar physician of the Maharaja of Mysore, on hearing about Shree Narayana Guru, came to Aruvippuram to seek the Guru’s help in his campaign for establishing human rights.

Dr. Padmanabhan changed the Aruvippuram Temple Worshippers’ Association into a corporate body to propagate the ideals of Shree Narayana Guru ... Shree Narayana Dharma ... in the model of a Sangha ... the congregation that came after the Lord Buddha. This corporation was called ‘ Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam ’People with various kinds of talents were attracted to the Guru.They all worked as a single team with various chosen fields of function. The result was the ushering in of three parallel organizations with three different but complementary ideals.
The Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, founded in the year 1903, became the biggest single corporation of Kerala to defend the natural and constitutional rights of all socially and economically depressed people of the state. Narayana Gurukula, founded in the year 1923, became a world-wide fraternity of contemplatives. It is the most articulating organ of the Guru’s philosophy and humanist teachings.

The Shree Narayana Dharma Sangham, registered in the year 1927, became the monastic order of Shree Narayana Guru. The Sangham is the caretaker of most of the r e l i g i o u s i n s t i t u t i o n s sponsored or founded by the Guru. Shivagiri Mutt is its headquarters.