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SREE NARAYANA GURU
SREE NARAYANA GURU
Sree Narayana Guru, the father of Kerala Renaissance or Kerala Religious movement was born in a Eazhava family, on 20 Aug 1856
, at Chempazhanthy (near Trivandrum). His father’s name was Madan Asan and mother’s name Kuttiyamma. After the demise of his father, Guru began the life of a wandering saint. He attained spiritual attainment at Maruthwamala forest, after eight years of yogic and meditation practises.
Sree Narayana Guru was the apostle of religious equality.He demostrated a path to social emancipation. Guru’s famous teachings include “ONE CASTE, ONE RELIGION, ONE GOD FOR MAN“.
He contributed a lot towards the changing of Kerala’s Social Fabric.
He
vehemently opposed social wrongs like casteism, untouchability and
social discrimination. He advised the downtrodden community to quit
evil habit of drinking liquor. He guided them towards spirituality. His
charismatic personality pulled thousands of people towards him.
Sree Narayana Guru had
sound knowledge of vedas and upanishads. He was advocate of non-violent
philosophy. Guru was admired for his mastery over sanskrit language and
poetry, drama and literary criticism. His literary and philosophical
masterpiece “Atmopadesa Satakam” (one hundred verses of self-instruction) is considered a fertile poetic expression.
Sree Narayana Guru installed a Sivalingam at Aruvippuram near
the river Neyyar. This consecration at Aruvippuram made upper caste
persons angry. When Brahmins challenged his right towards consecration,
he said that he installed his Siva and not Brahmin Siva. He instructed
to place a plaque near the temple with the following lines…
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!
Or hatred of rival faith,
We all live here
In Brotherhood,
Such, know this place to be!
This Model Foundation!
Sree Narayana Guru, at a later stage decided to settle at Sivagiri. He started worshipping goddess Amba. 1913, the Guru founded Advaita Ashram at Aluva. He visited Sri Lanka
between 1918 and 1923 many times . Sree Narayana Guru consecrated a
mirror,with the message “Om shanti”, in a temple in Kalavankode.
Rabindranath Tagore visited Guru in 1922 and Mahatma Gandhi in 1925.
Guru participated in the anniversary of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam held at Palluruthy in 1927. In 1928, he gave away registration certificates to the branch organizations.
The Sivagiri pilgrimage was approved bySree Narayana Guru on January, 1928.
Sree Narayana Guru breathed his last 0n 20 September 1928.
Renaissance Kerala
1. The birth place of Chattampi Swamikal:
(a)Kollur (b) Chempazhanthi
(c) Panmana (d) Venganur
2. Who was named Komaran at his birth?
(a)Dr.Palpu (b) Ayyankali
(c) Poikayil Yohannan (d) Agamananda
3. Sree Narayana Guru made his first visit to Sri Lanka in:
(a) 1918 (b) 1920
(c) 1922 (d) 1924
4. The place where Ayyankali started a school for the depressed classes in 1904:
(a) Vizhinjam (b) Varkala
(c) Kollam (d) Venganur
5. The name of the boat Kumaranasan was travelling while he met an accident that caused his death: (a) Victoria (b) Redeemer
(c) Kairali (d) None of these
6. The first member of depressed classes to be nominated to Travancore Legislative Assembly:
(a)T.T.Kesavan Sasthri(b) P.C.Chanchen
(c) Pandit Karuppan (d) Ayyankali
7. Who studied at the ‘Patasala’ of Pettayil Raman Pillai asan and became the monitor of the class?
(a) Sree Narayana Guru (b) Ayyankali
(c) Chattampi Swamikal (d) Ayya Vaikundar
8. "Not for argument but to know and inform others” these words were the theme of the conference held at____ under the leadership of Sree
Narayana Guru in 1924:
(a) Aruvippuram (b) Chempazhanthi
(c) Vaikom (d) Aluva
9. Chattampi Swamikal aquired self realization at:
(a) Vadiveeswaram (b) Maruthwamala
(c) Kollur (d) Panmana
10.The only Keralite whose birth day and death anniversary are declared holiday by the Government of Kerala:
(a) Chattampi Swamikal (b) K.Kelappan
(c) Ayyankali (d) Sree Narayana Guru
11.”Oru jathy, oru matham ,oru Daivom” (“Intha ulakathile orae oru jathy than, Orae oru matham than, orae oru kadavul than”) is the Malayalam
translation of Thycaud Ayya’s teaching . Who popularised it?
(a) Ayya Vaikundar (b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Agamananda (d) Sree Narayana Guru
12.Who was honoured by the Maharaja of Cochin with the title ‘Kavithilakan’?
25.Who patronised ‘Sudharma Sooryodaya Sabha’ at Thevara?
(a) Dr.Palpu (b) Pandit Karuppan
(c) Vagbhatananda (d) Ayya Vaikundar
26. Atmopadeshasatakam was authored by:
(a)Agamananda (b) Dr.Palpu
(c) Kumaranasan (d) Sree Narayana Guru
27. Who translated the dialogue between Tagore and Narayana Guru into Malayalam during Tagore’s visit to Sivagiri?
(a)Dr.Palpu (b) Kumaranasan
(c) Pandit Karuppan (d) None of these
28.The last Sanyasa disciple of Sree Narayana Guru:
(a)Anandatheertha Swamikal
(b) Sivalingadasa Swamikal
(c) Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
(d) T K Kittan Writer
29. The place where Dr.Palpu was born:
(a)Pettah (b) Chempazhanthi
(c) Kollur (d) Kayikkara
30. The place which was selected by Sree Narayana Guru as his abode for meditation and spiritual activities, after attaining self realization:
(a)Aruvippuram (b) Kollur
(c) Chempazhanthi (d) Kannammula
31. The only foreign country visited by Sree Narayana Guru:
(a)Nepal (b) Bhutan
(c) Burma (d) Sri Lanka
32. In which year Dr.P.Palpu was born?
(a)1863 (b) 1856
(c) 1873 (d) 1878
33. The prefix ‘Mahakavi’ awarded to Kumaranasan by Madras University in the year ___.
(a)1922 (b) 1924
(c) 1920 (d) 1918
34.Nirvritipanchakam was written by:
(a)Chattampi Swamikal
(b) Sree Narayana Guru
(c) Agamananda (d) Ayya Vaikundar
35. The work of Kumaranasan that depicts the fact ‘Mamsanibhadamalla ragam’ (Love is not an artifact of flesh):
(a)Veenapoovu (b) Karuna
(c) Leela (d) Nalini
Answers: 1 (a) 2(c) 3 (a) 4 (d) 5(b) 6(d) 7(c) 8(d) 9(a) 10(d)
11(d) 12(b) 13(a) 14(d) 15(c) 16(b) 17(d) 18(a) 19(b) 20(b)
21(a) 22(d) 23(d) 24(a) 25(b) 26(d) 27(b) 28(a) 29(a) 30(a)
31(d) 32(a) 33(a) 34(b) 35(c)
(a)Kollur (b) Chempazhanthi
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2. Who was named Komaran at his birth?
(a)Dr.Palpu (b) Ayyankali
(c) Poikayil Yohannan (d) Agamananda
3. Sree Narayana Guru made his first visit to Sri Lanka in:
(a) 1918 (b) 1920
(c) 1922 (d) 1924
4. The place where Ayyankali started a school for the depressed classes in 1904:
(a) Vizhinjam (b) Varkala
(c) Kollam (d) Venganur
5. The name of the boat Kumaranasan was travelling while he met an accident that caused his death: (a) Victoria (b) Redeemer
(c) Kairali (d) None of these
6. The first member of depressed classes to be nominated to Travancore Legislative Assembly:
(a)T.T.Kesavan Sasthri(b) P.C.Chanchen
(c) Pandit Karuppan (d) Ayyankali
7. Who studied at the ‘Patasala’ of Pettayil Raman Pillai asan and became the monitor of the class?
(a) Sree Narayana Guru (b) Ayyankali
(c) Chattampi Swamikal (d) Ayya Vaikundar
8. "Not for argument but to know and inform others” these words were the theme of the conference held at____ under the leadership of Sree
Narayana Guru in 1924:
(a) Aruvippuram (b) Chempazhanthi
(c) Vaikom (d) Aluva
9. Chattampi Swamikal aquired self realization at:
(a) Vadiveeswaram (b) Maruthwamala
(c) Kollur (d) Panmana
10.The only Keralite whose birth day and death anniversary are declared holiday by the Government of Kerala:
(a) Chattampi Swamikal (b) K.Kelappan
(c) Ayyankali (d) Sree Narayana Guru
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11.”Oru jathy, oru matham ,oru Daivom” (“Intha ulakathile orae oru jathy than, Orae oru matham than, orae oru kadavul than”) is the Malayalam
translation of Thycaud Ayya’s teaching . Who popularised it?
(a) Ayya Vaikundar (b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Agamananda (d) Sree Narayana Guru
12.Who was honoured by the Maharaja of Cochin with the title ‘Kavithilakan’?
(a)Kumaranasan (b) Pandit Karuppan
(c) Sivayogi of Alathur (d) None of these
13.Who wrote Darshanamala?
(a) Sree Narayana Guru (b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Thycaud Ayya (d) Alathur Sivayogi
14.Who called Kumaranasan ‘Viplavathinte Sukranakshatram’?
(a) Changampuzha (b) A.R.Rajaraja Varma
(c) Vallathol (d) Joseph Mundassery
15.Vakkom Maulavi passed away in:
(a) 1930 (b) 1931
(c) 1932 (d) 1933
16.The personality who was visited by Narayana Guru at Thiruvannamala, Tamil nadu in 1916:
(a) Ayya Vaikundar (b) Ramana Maharshi
(c) Thyacud Ayya (d) Ayyankali
17.The place where Narayana guru is believed to have attained a state of Enlightenment:
(a) Chempazhanti (b) Kannammula
(c) Varkala (d) Maruthwamala
18. The Maharaja of Travancore who invited Thycaud Ayya to his palace and became his disciple?
(a) Swati Tirunal (b) Ayilyam Tirunal
(c) Uthram Tirunal (d) Sri Mulam Tirunal
19.The elegy ‘Prarodanam’ mourns the death of Kumaranasan’s contemporary and friend ______.
(a) Changampuzha (b) A. R. Raja Raja
Varma(c) Edappally (d) None of these
20.Bodheswaran, Perunnelli Krishnan Vaidhyan, Velutheri Kesavan Vaidhyan, Kumbalath Sanku Pillai etc were grihastha disciples of :
(a) Thycaud Ayya (b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Ayya Vaikundar (d) Agamananda
21. The publication ‘The Muslim’ was launched by Vakkom Moulavi in:
(a) 1906 (b) 1918
(c) 1931 (d) 1924
22. Who conferred the Title of ‘Vidwan’ upon Pandit Karuppan in 1913?
(a) Maharaja of Kochi(b) Maharaja of Travancore
(c) Zamorin (d) Keralavarma Valiakoithampuran of Travancore
23.Who was the only person who was exempted from court appearances in civil cases by Government of Travancore?
(a)Chattampi Swamikal (b) Thycaud Ayya
(c) Ayyankali (d) Sree Narayana Guru
24.Kumaranasan passed away in:
(a) 1924 (b) 1928
(c) 1922 (d) 192325.Who patronised ‘Sudharma Sooryodaya Sabha’ at Thevara?
(a) Dr.Palpu (b) Pandit Karuppan
(c) Vagbhatananda (d) Ayya Vaikundar
26. Atmopadeshasatakam was authored by:
(a)Agamananda (b) Dr.Palpu
(c) Kumaranasan (d) Sree Narayana Guru
27. Who translated the dialogue between Tagore and Narayana Guru into Malayalam during Tagore’s visit to Sivagiri?
(a)Dr.Palpu (b) Kumaranasan
(c) Pandit Karuppan (d) None of these
28.The last Sanyasa disciple of Sree Narayana Guru:
(a)Anandatheertha Swamikal
(b) Sivalingadasa Swamikal
(c) Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
(d) T K Kittan Writer
29. The place where Dr.Palpu was born:
(a)Pettah (b) Chempazhanthi
(c) Kollur (d) Kayikkara
30. The place which was selected by Sree Narayana Guru as his abode for meditation and spiritual activities, after attaining self realization:
(a)Aruvippuram (b) Kollur
(c) Chempazhanthi (d) Kannammula
31. The only foreign country visited by Sree Narayana Guru:
(a)Nepal (b) Bhutan
(c) Burma (d) Sri Lanka
32. In which year Dr.P.Palpu was born?
(a)1863 (b) 1856
(c) 1873 (d) 1878
33. The prefix ‘Mahakavi’ awarded to Kumaranasan by Madras University in the year ___.
(a)1922 (b) 1924
(c) 1920 (d) 1918
34.Nirvritipanchakam was written by:
(a)Chattampi Swamikal
(b) Sree Narayana Guru
(c) Agamananda (d) Ayya Vaikundar
35. The work of Kumaranasan that depicts the fact ‘Mamsanibhadamalla ragam’ (Love is not an artifact of flesh):
(a)Veenapoovu (b) Karuna
(c) Leela (d) Nalini
Answers: 1 (a) 2(c) 3 (a) 4 (d) 5(b) 6(d) 7(c) 8(d) 9(a) 10(d)
11(d) 12(b) 13(a) 14(d) 15(c) 16(b) 17(d) 18(a) 19(b) 20(b)
21(a) 22(d) 23(d) 24(a) 25(b) 26(d) 27(b) 28(a) 29(a) 30(a)
31(d) 32(a) 33(a) 34(b) 35(c)
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