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Kerala Temple History

Nov 14, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read

When Dr Palpu met Swami Vivekananda in Mysore, he described the condition of Kerala. It is true there was caste based descrimination but Vivekananda's travel from Shornur to Kanyakumari also revealed the massive proselytising by missionaries in Kerala. Low caste were forced t.co/G9ic2b5iyj

To convert. The evangelization was such that the pastor's would stand at entrance of temples and coerce people. Is it not safe to assume that Swami Vivekananda witnessed the same and made his comment?

It is important to know what Swami Vivekananda told Dr Palpu. He said, only a spiritual revolution can bring change in Kerala. Soon Dr Palpu found Sri Narayana Guru who not just countered the casteism but stopped conversion in massive proportion in Kerala.

Dr Palpu gave his son to Narayana Guru's mission. He came to be known as Nataraja Guru who wrote various commentaries on Vedanta.. important to note Narayana Guru's contemporary Chattambi Swami who wrote 'kristumatacheddanam' , the first critique of Christianity. It was banned.

If Dr Palpu hated Hinduism, he wouldn't have encouraged his son to be an ascetic. Nataraja Guru wouldn't have started Brahmavidya Mandir.

Vedanta is what brought back sanity to Kerala.

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