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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. Indian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928) For the 1986 Indian Malayalam film, see Sree Narayana Guru (film). Sree Narayana Guru Personal life Born (1856-08-20) 20 August 1856 Chempazhanthy, Kingdom of Travancore (present-day Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India ...
Prominent reformist leaders such as Narayana Guru and Ayyankali hailed from castes that were deemed lower in the social hierarchy of 19th century Kerala. Consequently, leaders like Guru and Ayyankali focused on the abolition of the caste system rather than its reformation.
The organization aimed to lead the community to the religious reform movement and to achieve economic prosperity and educational opportunities. The organization has also been playing a significant role in the Kerala social and political movements since its formation. [1] [2]
The Temple Entry Proclamation was issued by Maharaja Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma on November 12, 1936. The Proclamation abolished the ban on the backward and marginalised communities, from entering Hindu temples in the Princely State of Travancore, now part of Kerala, India.
1976 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Vellithuruthi Thazhathu Karutha Patteri Raman Bhattathiripad (26 March 1896 – 12 February 1982), also known as V. T. Bhattathiripad, was an Indian social reformer, dramatist and an Indian independence activist .
Rao Sahib Ayyathan Gopalan (3 March 1861 – 2 May 1948), popularly known as Darsarji and Darsar Sahib ("Darsar" means "doctor", derived from Latin word "docere" for doctor), was an Indian doctor, surgeon, professor, writer, philanthropist, social reformer, and Renaissance leader from Kerala.
Vakkom Mohammed Abdul Khader Moulavi (() 28 December 1873 – () 31 October 1932), popularly known as Vakkom Moulavi [5] was a social reformer, [6] teacher, prolific writer, Muslim scholar, journalist, freedom fighter and newspaper proprietor in Travancore, a princely state of the present day Kerala, India.
Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1982), "Kerala's identity: unity and diversity", Communism in Kerala: a study in political adaptation, University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-04667-2 Oommen, T. K. (September 2001), "Civil Society: Religion, Caste and Language in India", Sociological Bulletin , 50 (2): 219– 235, doi : 10.1177/0038022920010204 ...