Introduction

Sree Narayana Gurudev spanned a period of 73 fruitful years. From the year August –28-1855. To the year sep-20-1928.

He was born at chempzhanthi, near thiruvanathapurm, the capital city of kerala and the great saint attained mahasamadhi at shivagiri madhom in varkala.

Shree narayana guru was a teacher, philosopher, prophet, social reformer, all rolled into one. Great men like mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, visited shree narayana gurudev and took his blessings.

Gandhiji wrote ‘I consider myself honored to have darshan of his hoiness shree narayana gurudev. I had the rare opportunity to spend a day with him at his ashram”

The essence of Shree Narayana Guru’s teachings reverberates the truth of ‘one cast… one religion… one god…for man”.

A few excerpts from ‘ Life and teachings of narayana guru” by Nataraj guru and Shree Narayana Guru-a brief biographical sketch”