Aruvippuram

There was a forest conservator called Narayana pillai. He had no children he came to know of a siddha purusa. Man of high attainments, living in the woods of Aruvippuram.

With this aides, he made a trail to the guru’s cave. He sought Guru’s blessings to have a child. Subsequently a child was born to him. The Guru name the child Narayana pillai.

The trail brought many people to the Guru. Some of them took the initiative to build an ashram for the guru. When people started coming regularly for his blessings the Guru thought of giving them a new direction. He decided to give them a temple until then, temples were for the exclusive use of people of certain privileged communities. He wanted to have a common place of worship where all could came and offer their worship with no restriction of caste, sex or religion.

The installation of ht temple at Aruvippuram became a mile-stone in the history of India’s spiritual emancipation.

When a Nambudiri, kerala Brahmin, expressed his anger and concern abut such an act of sacrilege, the Guru simply remarked. “I did not install any ‘Nambudiri shiva’. God is neither a priest, nor a peasant, He is in all…….. He is all…..”

The news of this silent revolution echoed to the far-flung frontiers of India.