Renaissance

Sree Narayana guru (1856-1928)

Father of Kerala Renaissance

• Sree Narayana Guru was born at Chempazhanthi in

         Thiruvananthapuram district on 20th August 1856

• Father - Madan Asan
• Mother - Kutty Amma
• His Childhood Name was Narayanan and was dotingly called Nanu.
• Sree narayana guru was the discipline of kannam palli raman pillai Assan and Thycadu Ayya
• The yoga guru of sree narayana guru :Thycadu Ayya
• House name of Sree Narayana Guru :Vayalvarathu Veedu
• Sree Narayana Guru learned Hadayoga Vidya from :Thycadu Ayya
• "Father of Kerala Renaissance" :Sree Narayana Guru
• The place where Sree Narayana Guru get enlightenment : Pillathadam cave (in Maruthwamala)
• The place where Sree Narayana Guru started a school :Anchuthengu (1881)
• The first work of Sree Narayana Guru :Gajendramoksham Vanchipattu
• Sree Narayana Guru dedicated his book "Gajendramoksham Vanchipattu"to Chattambi Swami
• The year which Sree Narayana Guru met Chattambi Swami : 1882
• The year which kumaranasan met Sree Narayana Guru :1891(Kayikkara)
• The first temple consecrated by Sree Narayana Guru in :1888 (Aruvippuram)
• The year which Dr.Palpu met Sree Narayana Guru :1895 (Bangalore)
• The book which included the lines in Aruvippuram temple :Jathi Nirnayam
• Dr.Palpu called Sree Narayana Guru as :Periya Swammi
• Dr.Palpu called kumaranasan as :Chinna Swami
• Aruvippuram temple society was formed in :1898
• SNDP yogam was founded on :15th May 1903
• Which organization was considered as the predecessor of SNDP :Vavoottu Yogam
• Full form of SNDP :Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
• The first and Permanent Chairman of SNDP :Guru
• Headquarters of SNDP situated in :Kollam
• The first Vice President of SNDP :Dr.Palpu
• The first General Secretary of SNDP :Kumaranasan
• The mouth piece of SNDP :Vivekodayam
• The year which SNDP published Vivekodayam :1904
• The first editor of Vivekodayam :Kumaranasan
• The official editor of Vivekodayam :M.Govindan
• At present the mouth piece of SNDP Yoganadam : Yoganadam
• Shivagiri Mutt at varkala was established on : 1904
• which year the temple of Sarada consecrated by Sree Narayana guru :1912 (Sivagiri)
• Advaitha Ashramam at Aluva was established on :1913
• The motto of Aluva Advaitha Ashramam :Om Sahodaryam Sarvatra
• Sree Narayana Guru founded Sanskrit School at Aluva in :1916
• The year which Sree Narayana Guru conducted all religious conference at the Aluva Advaitha Ashramam :1924
• The chairman of All religious conference :Justice Sivadasa Iyer
• Theme of All religious conference:Not for argument but to know and Inform others
• Ayyankali met Sree Narayana Guru in :1912(Balaramapuram)
• Vagbhadanathan met Sree Narayana Guru in :1914
• Sree Narayana Guru met Ramana Maharishi in :1916 (Thiruvannamalai)
• Sree Narayana Guru visited Srilanka for the first time in :1918
• Sree Narayana Guru met Tagore in :1922
• Who translated the conversation between Tagore and Sree Narayana GuruKumaranasan
• Sree Narayana Guru met CF.Andrews in :1922
• Sree Narayana Guru visited the vaikom sathyagrahis in :1924
• Sree Narayana Guru met Gandhiji in :1925(Sivagiri)
• Sree Narayana Guru visited Sri lanka for the last time :1926
• The famous Sivagiri Pilgrim Festival conducted on :December 30 to January 1
• The famous Sivagiri Pilgrim Festival first conceived by :Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidhyar and T.K.Kittan
• The first Sivagiri Pilgrimage Group from the village of :Elavumthitta (Pattanamthitta)
• Dress code of Sivagiri Pilgrims are :Bright Yellow
• The first malayale to appear in the Indian postal stamp :Sree Narayana Guru
• The first malayale to appear in the Sri lankan postal stamp :Sree Narayana Guru(2009)
• The only foreign country visited by Sree Narayana Guru :Sri Lanka
• The first malayalie to be inscribed on a coin of Reserve Bank of India :Sree Narayana Guru
• Sree Narayana Jayanti Boat race conducted in :Kumarakam(Kottayam)
• Sree Narayana Trophy Boat race conducted in :Kannetti kayal(karunagapalli)
• The temple which Sree Narayana Guru consecrated first mirror :Kalavan Code (Om Shanti written on the surface of the mirror)
• The poet who said that guru was the Second Buddha :G.Sankara Kurup
• Who is responsible for the connection between Guru and Swami Vivekananda :Dr. Palpu
• Sree Narayana Guru founded Sree Narayana Darma Sangam in :1928 January 9
• Sree Narayana Guru's last public function was at :1927(kottayam)
• Sree Narayana Guru attains Samadhi in :20 September 1928(white dress)
• First statute of Sree Narayana Guru is in :Thalassery Jagannath temple
• The first Sanyasa disciple of Sree Narayana Guru :Sivalinga Swamikal
• The last Sanyasa disciple of Sree Narayana Guru : Anandatheertha swamikal
• The disciple nominated by Sree Narayana Guru as his successor :Sree Bodhanda Swamikal
• The first European disciple of Guru :Ernest Kerk
• Sree Narayana Dharma Sangam was founded on :9th January 1928
• The lines "Act that one performs for own sake should also aim for the well being of others" are mentioned in :Athmopadesha Sathakam
• The founder of Sree Narayana Trust(1952) :R. Shankar
• The place where Sree Narayana Trust is situated :Kollam
• he book Sree Narayana Dharma written by :Bodhanda Swamikal
• Guru's later literary work Atmopadesa Sathakam written in :Malayalam
• The novel Guru is written by :K.Surendran
• The book Brahman Sree Narayana Guru :T. Bhaskaran
• Who translated the book Brahman Sree Narayana Guru into English :A .J. Thomas
• Who translated The book Brahman Sree narayana guru into Tamil :Vijayakumar Kunnissery
• Who translated the book Brahman Sree narayanaguru into Hindi :                              H.Balasubramaniam
• The book Narayana Guru Swami written by :M.k. Sanu
• The film Yuga Purushan is directed by :M. Sukumaran
• The Actor play the role of Sree narayana guru in the film Yuga Purushan :Thalaivasal Vijay
• The novel Narayaneeyam written by : Perumbadavam Sreedaran
• The book Guru Deva karnamritham written by :Killimanoor Kesavan
• The book yugapiravi written by :K.Vasudevan
• The lines "One Caste, one Religion, One God for Man" are mentioned in Jathimemamsa
• Who is known as "Buddha of Kerala" :Sreenarayana guru
• International Center for Sree Narayan Guru studies situated in :Navi mumbai (Maharashtra)

Chattambi swami

Chattambi swami was born on

Ans : 25 August 1853

2. The place where Chattambi Swami was born

Ans : kollur (Kannammoola)

3.The house name of Chattambi Swami

Ans : Ullorkodu Veedu

4. Chattambi Swami's Father name

Ans : Vasudeva Sharma

5. Chattambi Swami's Mother Name

Ans : Nangamma

6. Childhood name of Chattambi Swami was

Ans : Ayyappan

7. Real name 0r pet name of Chattambi Swami was

Ans : Kunjan pillai or Kunjan

8. The first Guru of Chattambi Swamikal

Ans :Pettayil Raman Pillai Assan

9. The Guru of Chattambi Swamikal

Ans : Thycadu Ayya

10. Chattambi Swami learned Hadayoga Vidya from

Ans : Thycadu Ayya

11. Who led Chattambi Swamikal to accept Hermitage

Ans : Subha Jata padikal

12. Chattambi Swami got Enlightenment at

Ans : Vadaveeswaram (Tamilnadu)

13. Who is known as "Sarva Vidyadirajan"

Ans : Chattambi Swami

14. After the attainment of Monkhood Chattambi Swami assumed

 the name

Ans : Shanmughadasan

15. who gave the name Shanmughadasan to Chattambi Swami

Ans : Thycadu Ayya

16. The Tamil Lecturer who taught Chattambi Swami Tamil 

Vedanta shastra

Ans : SwaminathaDesithar

17. The year which Chattambi Swamikal Visit Sree Narayana Guru

Ans : 1882

18. The place where Chattambi Swamikal met Sree Narayana Guru

Ans : Aniyoor temple

19. The book written by Sree Narayana Guru in the respect of 

Chattambi Swamikal

Ans : Navamanjari

20. The year which Chattambi Swamikal visited Swami 

Vivekanandan in

Ans : 1892(Ernakulam)

21. "I met a real man in Malabar"who said this lines about 

Chattambi Swami

Ans : Swami Vivekanandan

22. Famous books of Chattambi Swamikal

Ans : a. Advaita Chintha Padhathi b. Adhibhasha c. Christumatha 

Chedanam d. Pracheena Malayalam e. Mokshapradeepa 

Khandanam f. vedadhikara Nirupanam g. Sarva Matha

 Samarasyam h. Christumatha Saram i. Srichakra Puja Kalpam 

 j. Tamizhakam

23. The work of Chattambi Swamikal which criticized Alathoor 

Sivayogi's Mokshapradeepam

Ans : Mokshapradeepa Khandanam

24. The year which Chattambi Swamikal attain Mahasamadhi

Ans : 5 may 1924

25. Who is known as "saint without saffron"

Ans : Chattambi Swamikal

26. Who is known as the Great Scholar Saint of Kerala

Ans : Chattambi Swamikal

27. The place where Chattambi Swamikal attain Mahasamadhi

Ans : panmana (Kollam)

28. The temple built by Chattambi Swami's disciples at his resting

 place

Ans : Bala Bhattaraka Temple

29. Chattambi Swami is also Known as

Ans : Saravavidyathi Raja, Bala Bhattaraka

30. The year which Indian Postal department published stamp of 

Chattambi Swamikal

Ans : 30 April 2014