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	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[Ayyathan Gopalan]]		* [[Ayyathan Gopalan]]
	* [[Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi]]		* [[Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi]]

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	\| birth_place = [[Chempazhanthy]], [[Travancore\|Kingdom of Travancore]]<br>(present day [[Thiruvananthapuram district\|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India)		\| birth_place = [[Chempazhanthy]], [[Travancore\|Kingdom of Travancore]]<br>(present day [[Thiruvananthapuram district\|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India)
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	\| death_place = [[Varkala]], [[Travancore\|Kingdom of Travancore~~]], [[British India~~]]<br>(present day [[Thiruvananthapuram district\|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India)		\| death_place = [[Varkala]], [[Travancore\|Kingdom of Travancore]]<br>(present day [[Thiruvananthapuram district\|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India)
	\| known_for = Social reforms in Kerala		\| known_for = Social reforms in Kerala
	\| philosophy = ''One Caste, One Religion, One God for All''		\| philosophy = ''One Caste, One Religion, One God for All''
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	'''Narayana Guru''', {{IPA-ml\|n̪ɐːɾɐːjɐɳɐ guɾu\|IPA}}, (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Narayana Guru, 1856-1928 \|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82142354.html \|website=LC Name Authority File \|publisher=Library of Congress \|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> was a [[philosopher]], [[Spiritual Leader\|spiritual leader]] and [[Social Reformer\|social reformer]] in [[India]]. He led a [[Kerala reformation movement\|reform movement]] against the injustice in the [[Caste system in Kerala\|caste-ridden]] society of [[Kerala]] in order to promote spiritual enlightenment and [[social equality]].<ref name="Prophet2">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNAI9F8IBOgC \|pages=24–46 \|title=Religion and social conflict in South Asia \|volume=22 \|series=International studies in sociology and social anthropology \|editor1-first=Bardwell L. \|editor1-last=Smith \|publisher=BRILL \|year=1976 \|isbn=978-90-04-04510-1\|chapter=The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society\|last=Pullapilly\|first=Cyriac K.}}</ref>		'''Narayana Guru''', {{IPA-ml\|n̪ɐːɾɐːjɐɳɐ guɾu\|IPA}}, (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Narayana Guru, 1856-1928 \|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82142354.html \|website=LC Name Authority File \|publisher=Library of Congress \|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> was a [[philosopher]], [[Spiritual Leader\|spiritual leader]] and [[Social Reformer\|social reformer]] in [[India]]. He led a [[Kerala reformation movement\|reform movement]] against the injustice in the [[Caste system in Kerala\|caste-ridden]] society of [[Kerala]] in order to promote [[spiritual enlightenment]] and [[social equality]].<ref name="Prophet2">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNAI9F8IBOgC \|pages=24–46 \|title=Religion and social conflict in South Asia \|volume=22 \|series=International studies in sociology and social anthropology \|editor1-first=Bardwell L. \|editor1-last=Smith \|publisher=BRILL \|year=1976 \|isbn=978-90-04-04510-1\|chapter=The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society\|last=Pullapilly\|first=Cyriac K.}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	[[File:Narayana Guru at Sixty.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|Narayana Guru at the age of sixty]]		[[File:Narayana Guru at Sixty.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|Narayana Guru at the age of sixty]]
	[[File:Sree Narayana guru at Meditation.jpg\|thumb\|Sree Narayana guru at Meditation. Narayana Guru ~~mediated~~ for 8 years at Pillathadam cave at [[Marunthuvazh Malai]] mountain and attained enlightenment<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://maruthwamala.com/en/pillathadam/\|title=Pillathadam}}</ref>]]		[[File:Sree Narayana guru at Meditation.jpg\|thumb\|Sree Narayana guru at Meditation. Narayana Guru meditated for 8 years at Pillathadam cave at [[Marunthuvazh Malai]] mountain and attained enlightenment<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://maruthwamala.com/en/pillathadam/\|title=Pillathadam}}</ref>]]
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	~~Narayana Guru~~, né Nanu, was born on 20 August 1856 to Madan Asan and Kuttiyamma in an [[Ezhava]] family, in the village of [[Chempazhanthy]] near [[Thiruvananthapuram]], in the erstwhile state of [[Travancore~~]], in [[British India~~]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Sree Narayana Guru, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala\|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/varkala/sree-narayana-guru.php\|access-date=2021-03-01\|website=Kerala Tourism - Varkala\|language=en}}</ref> His early education was in the [[gurukula]] way under Chempazhanthi Mootha Pillai during which time his mother died when he was 15. At the age of 21, he went to central Travancore to learn from Raman Pillai Asan, a [[Sanskrit]] scholar who taught him Vedas, Upanishads and the literature and logical rhetoric of Sanskrit. He returned to his village in 1881 when his father was seriously ill, and started a village school where he taught local children which earned him the name ''Nanu Asan''.<ref name=":0" /> A year later, he married Kaliamma but soon disassociated himself from the marriage to commence his public life as a social reformer.<ref name=":0" />		Narayanan, né Nanu, was born on 20 August 1856 to Madan Asan and Kuttiyamma in an [[Ezhava]] family, in the village of [[Chempazhanthy]] near [[Thiruvananthapuram]], in the erstwhile state of [[Travancore]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Sree Narayana Guru, Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala\|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/varkala/sree-narayana-guru.php\|access-date=2021-03-01\|website=Kerala Tourism - Varkala\|language=en}}</ref> His early education was in the [[gurukula]] way under Chempazhanthi Mootha Pillai during which time his mother died when he was 15. At the age of 21, he went to central Travancore to learn from Raman Pillai Asan, a [[Sanskrit]] scholar who taught him Vedas, Upanishads and the literature and logical rhetoric of Sanskrit. He returned to his village in 1881, when his father was seriously ill, and started a village school where he taught local children which earned him the name ''Nanu Asan''.<ref name=":0" /> A year later, he married Kaliamma but soon disassociated himself from the marriage to commence his public life as a social reformer.<ref name=":0" />

	Leaving home, ~~Guru~~ traveled through Kerala and Tamil Nadu and it was during these journeys, he met [[Chattampi Swamikal]], a social and religious reformer, who introduced Guru to [[Ayyavu Swamikal]] from whom he learned meditation and [[yoga]].<ref name="Playing host to deity : festival religion in the South Indian tradition">{{Cite book \|title=Playing host to deity : festival religion in the South Indian tradition \|url=https://archive.org/details/playinghosttodei00youn \|url-access=limited \|last=Younger \|first=Paul \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|year=2002 \|isbn=0-19-514044-3 \|location=New York \|page=[https://archive.org/details/playinghosttodei00youn/page/n135 127]}}</ref> Later, he continued his wanderings until he reached the Pillathadam cave at [[Maruthwamala]] where he set up an hermitage and practiced meditation and yoga for the next eight years.<ref name=":0" /> In 1888, he visited [[Aruvippuram]] where he meditated for a while and during his stay there, he consecrated a piece of rock taken from the river, as the idol of [[Shiva]], which has since become the Aruvippuram Shiva Temple.<ref name="125 years of Aruvippuram temple">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/125-years-of-aruvippuram-temple/article4234257.ece \|title=125 years of Aruvippuram temple \|author=Staff Reporter \|date=24 December 2012 \|newspaper=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> The act, which later came to be known as ''Aruvipuram Pratishta'', created a social commotion among the upper caste [[Brahmins]] who questioned Guru's right to consecrate the idol.<ref name="125 years of Aruvipuram Pratishta">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/aug/22/125-years-of-Aruvipuram-Pratishta-509120.html \|title=125 years of Aruvipuram Pratishta \|website=The New Indian Express \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> His reply to them that "This is not a Brahmin Shiva but an [[Ezhava Siva\|Ezhava Shiva]]"<ref name="Sree Narayana Guru in a new light">{{Cite web \|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article167942.ece?service=print \|title=Sree Narayana Guru in a new light \|date=13 November 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113133024/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article167942.ece?service=print \|access-date=1 April 2019\|archive-date=13 November 2013 }}</ref> later became a famous quote, used against [[casteism]].<ref name="Menon2011">{{cite book\|author=A. Sreedhara Menon\|title=Kerala History and its Makers\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wnAjqjhc1VcC&pg=PA205\|date=4 March 2011\|publisher=DC Books\|isbn=978-81-264-3782-5\|pages=205–}}</ref><ref name="In Kerala temple priest appointments, Backward caste Ezhavas overrun Brahmins">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/in-kerala-temple-priest-appointments-backward-caste-ezhavas-overrun-brahmins/303133 \|title=In Kerala temple priest appointments, Backward caste Ezhavas overrun Brahmins \|website=outlookindia.com/ \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> It was here, the [[Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam]] (SNDP Yogam)<ref name="Developmental Modernity in Kerala: Narayana Guru, S.N.D.P Yogam and Social Reform">{{Cite book \|url=https://cup.columbia.edu/book/developmental-modernity-in-kerala/9789382381792 \|title=Developmental Modernity in Kerala: Narayana Guru, S.N.D.P Yogam and Social Reform \|last=Chandramohan \|first=P. \|date=April 2016 \|publisher=[[Tulika Books]]\|access-date=1 April 2019\|isbn=9789382381792 }}</ref> was founded on 15 May 1903 by the efforts of [[Padmanabhan Palpu]], better known as ''Dr. Palpu'', with Narayana Guru as its founder president.<ref name="SNDP Yogam">{{Cite web \|url=http://sndpyogam.in/sndp/ \|title=SNDP Yogam \|website=sndpyogam.in \|language=en \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>		Leaving home, he traveled through Kerala and Tamil Nadu and it was during these journeys, he met [[Chattampi Swamikal]], a social and religious reformer, who introduced Guru to [[Ayyavu Swamikal]] from whom he learned meditation and [[yoga]].<ref name="Playing host to deity : festival religion in the South Indian tradition">{{Cite book \|title=Playing host to deity : festival religion in the South Indian tradition \|url=https://archive.org/details/playinghosttodei00youn \|url-access=limited \|last=Younger \|first=Paul \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|year=2002 \|isbn=0-19-514044-3 \|location=New York \|page=[https://archive.org/details/playinghosttodei00youn/page/n135 127]}}</ref> Later, he continued his wanderings until he reached the Pillathadam cave at [[Maruthwamala]] where he set up an hermitage and practiced meditation and yoga for the next eight years.<ref name=":0" /> In 1888, he visited [[Aruvippuram]] where he meditated for a while and during his stay there, he consecrated a piece of rock taken from the river, as the idol of [[Shiva]], which has since become the Aruvippuram Shiva Temple.<ref name="125 years of Aruvippuram temple">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/125-years-of-aruvippuram-temple/article4234257.ece \|title=125 years of Aruvippuram temple \|author=Staff Reporter \|date=24 December 2012 \|newspaper=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> The act, which later came to be known as ''Aruvipuram Pratishta'', created a social commotion among the upper caste [[Brahmins]] who questioned Guru's right to consecrate the idol.<ref name="125 years of Aruvipuram Pratishta">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/aug/22/125-years-of-Aruvipuram-Pratishta-509120.html \|title=125 years of Aruvipuram Pratishta \|website=The New Indian Express \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> His reply to them that "This is not a Brahmin Shiva but an [[Ezhava Siva\|Ezhava Shiva]]"<ref name="Sree Narayana Guru in a new light">{{Cite web \|url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article167942.ece?service=print \|title=Sree Narayana Guru in a new light \|date=13 November 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113133024/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article167942.ece?service=print \|access-date=1 April 2019\|archive-date=13 November 2013 }}</ref> later became a famous quote, used against [[casteism]].<ref name="Menon2011">{{cite book\|author=A. Sreedhara Menon\|title=Kerala History and its Makers\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wnAjqjhc1VcC&pg=PA205\|date=4 March 2011\|publisher=DC Books\|isbn=978-81-264-3782-5\|pages=205–}}</ref><ref name="In Kerala temple priest appointments, Backward caste Ezhavas overrun Brahmins">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/in-kerala-temple-priest-appointments-backward-caste-ezhavas-overrun-brahmins/303133 \|title=In Kerala temple priest appointments, Backward caste Ezhavas overrun Brahmins \|website=outlookindia.com/ \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> It was here, the [[Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam]] (SNDP Yogam)<ref name="Developmental Modernity in Kerala: Narayana Guru, S.N.D.P Yogam and Social Reform">{{Cite book \|url=https://cup.columbia.edu/book/developmental-modernity-in-kerala/9789382381792 \|title=Developmental Modernity in Kerala: Narayana Guru, S.N.D.P Yogam and Social Reform \|last=Chandramohan \|first=P. \|date=April 2016 \|publisher=[[Tulika Books]]\|access-date=1 April 2019\|isbn=9789382381792 }}</ref> was founded on 15 May 1903 by the efforts of [[Padmanabhan Palpu]], better known as ''Dr. Palpu'', with Narayana Guru as its founder president.<ref name="SNDP Yogam">{{Cite web \|url=http://sndpyogam.in/sndp/ \|title=SNDP Yogam \|website=sndpyogam.in \|language=en \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>

	Guru shifted his base to [[Sivagiri, Kerala\|Sivagiri]], near [[Varkala]] in 1904 where he opened a school for children from the lower strata of the society and provided free education to them without considering their caste. However, it took him seven years to build<ref name=":0" /> a temple there, the [[Sarada Mutt]] was built in 1912. He also [[Temples consecrated by Narayana Guru\|built temples in other places]] such as [[Thrissur]], [[Kannur]], [[Anchuthengu]], [[Thalassery]], [[Kozhikode]], and [[Mangalore]] and it took him to many places including [[Sri Lanka]] (then called Ceylon) where he made his final visit in 1926. On his return to India, he was involved in a number of activities including the planning of the Sivagiri pilgrimage which was planned after his visit to [[Pallathuruthy]] in 1927 to attend the anniversary of the S.N.D.P. Yogam.<ref name=":0" />		Guru shifted his base to [[Sivagiri, Kerala\|Sivagiri]], near [[Varkala]] in 1904 where he opened a school for children from the lower strata of the society and provided free education to them without considering their caste. However, it took him seven years to build<ref name=":0" /> a temple there, the [[Sarada Mutt]] was built in 1912. He also [[Temples consecrated by Narayana Guru\|built temples in other places]] such as [[Thrissur]], [[Kannur]], [[Anchuthengu]], [[Thalassery]], [[Kozhikode]], and [[Mangalore]] and it took him to many places including [[Sri Lanka]] (then called Ceylon) where he made his final visit in 1926. On his return to India, he was involved in a number of activities including the planning of the Sivagiri pilgrimage which was planned after his visit to [[Pallathuruthy]] in 1927 to attend the anniversary of the S.N.D.P. Yogam.<ref name=":0" />
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	In 1916, [[Ramana Maharshi]] hosted Narayana Guru at his [[Tiruvannamalai]] ashram when Guru was returning from a trip to [[Kancheepuram]] where Swami Govindananda, a disciple of Guru, had established the Sree Narayana Seva Ashram.<ref name="Meeting between Narayana Guru and Ramana Maharshi">{{Cite web \|url=http://thannal.com/meeting-between-narayana-guru-and-ramana-maharshi/ \|title=Meeting between Narayana Guru and Ramana Maharshi \|website=Thannal Hand Sculpted Homes \|language=en-US \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> [[Rabindranath Tagore]] met Narayana Guru at the latter's ashram in Sivagiri in November 1922. Tagore later said of Narayana Guru that, "I have never come across one who is spiritually greater than Swami Narayana Guru or a person who is at par with him in spiritual attainment".<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Bhattacharya\|first1=Sabyasachi\|title=The Other Tagore\|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2827/stories/20120113282702200.htm\|access-date=9 February 2015\|work=Frontline\|issue=Volume 28 - Issue 27\|date=31 December 2011}}</ref> Three years later, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited Guru during his 1925 trip to Kerala to participate in the [[Vaikom Satyagraha]]<ref name="From Vaikom to Venganoor - Times of India">{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/From-Vaikom-to-Venganoor/articleshow/54621363.cms \|title=From Vaikom to Venganoor - Times of India \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> after which the [[Indian independence movement]] leader stated that "it was a great privilege in his life to have the darshan of an esteemed sage like Sree Narayana Guru."{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}		In 1916, [[Ramana Maharshi]] hosted Narayana Guru at his [[Tiruvannamalai]] ashram when Guru was returning from a trip to [[Kancheepuram]] where Swami Govindananda, a disciple of Guru, had established the Sree Narayana Seva Ashram.<ref name="Meeting between Narayana Guru and Ramana Maharshi">{{Cite web \|url=http://thannal.com/meeting-between-narayana-guru-and-ramana-maharshi/ \|title=Meeting between Narayana Guru and Ramana Maharshi \|website=Thannal Hand Sculpted Homes \|language=en-US \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> [[Rabindranath Tagore]] met Narayana Guru at the latter's ashram in Sivagiri in November 1922. Tagore later said of Narayana Guru that, "I have never come across one who is spiritually greater than Swami Narayana Guru or a person who is at par with him in spiritual attainment".<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Bhattacharya\|first1=Sabyasachi\|title=The Other Tagore\|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2827/stories/20120113282702200.htm\|access-date=9 February 2015\|work=Frontline\|issue=Volume 28 - Issue 27\|date=31 December 2011}}</ref> Three years later, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited Guru during his 1925 trip to Kerala to participate in the [[Vaikom Satyagraha]]<ref name="From Vaikom to Venganoor - Times of India">{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/From-Vaikom-to-Venganoor/articleshow/54621363.cms \|title=From Vaikom to Venganoor - Times of India \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> after which the [[Indian independence movement]] leader stated that "it was a great privilege in his life to have the darshan of an esteemed sage like Sree Narayana Guru."{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}

	On 21 August 1967, Narayana Guru was commemorated on an [[India Post\|Indian]] ~~postage~~ stamp of denomination 15 nP.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Stamps 1947-2000\|url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps_List.aspx\|website=Postage Stamps\|publisher=India Post\|access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> Another [[commemorative stamp]] on him was issued by [[Sri Lanka Post]] on 4 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|title=All registered stamps issued by Sri Lanka: LK032.09\|url=http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/LK032.09\|website=Universal Postal Union\|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> The [[Reserve Bank of India]] issued two sets of commemorative coins depicting Guru's image, each valued at {{INR}}5 and {{INR}}100 respectively, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary.{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}		On 21 August 1967, Narayana Guru was commemorated on an [[India Post\|Indian postage]] stamp of denomination 15 nP.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Stamps 1947-2000\|url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps_List.aspx\|website=Postage Stamps\|publisher=India Post\|access-date=7 June 2015}}</ref> Another [[commemorative stamp]] on him was issued by [[Sri Lanka Post]] on 4 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|title=All registered stamps issued by Sri Lanka: LK032.09\|url=http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/LK032.09\|website=Universal Postal Union\|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> The [[Reserve Bank of India]] issued two sets of commemorative coins depicting Guru's image, each valued at {{INR}}5 and {{INR}}100 respectively, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary.{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}

	The first of the several statues of Narayana Guru was erected at [[Jagannath Temple, Thalassery]] in 1927 while he was still alive.<ref name="Chapter X : A Metal Statue">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sreenarayanaguru.in/content/chapter-x-metal-statue \|title=Chapter X : A Metal Statue \|website=www.sreenarayanaguru.in \|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Kerala Temples in Thalassery - Jagannath Temple, Thalassery">{{Cite web \|url=http://keralatemples.info/temple/jagannath-temple-thalassery/154 \|title=Kerala Temples in Thalassery - Jagannath Temple, Thalassery \|website=keralatemples.info \|language=en-US \|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> His statues are seen in many places in Kerala which include a 24 feet statue at [[Kaithamukku]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="Kaithamukku gets city’s tallest statue - Times of India">{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Kaithamukku-gets-citys-tallest-statue/articleshow/47083329.cms \|title=Kaithamukku gets city's tallest statue - Times of India \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> The [[Government of Kerala]] observe the birthday, the [[Sri Narayana Jayanthi]], and the date of death (Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi) of Narayana Guru as public holidays.<ref name="Kerala Gazette">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/docs/11493_14.pdf \|title=Kerala Gazette \|publisher=General Administration (Coordination) Department, Government of Kerala \|access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref>		The first of the several statues of Narayana Guru was erected at [[Jagannath Temple, Thalassery]] in 1927 while he was still alive.<ref name="Chapter X : A Metal Statue">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sreenarayanaguru.in/content/chapter-x-metal-statue \|title=Chapter X : A Metal Statue \|website=www.sreenarayanaguru.in \|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Kerala Temples in Thalassery - Jagannath Temple, Thalassery">{{Cite web \|url=http://keralatemples.info/temple/jagannath-temple-thalassery/154 \|title=Kerala Temples in Thalassery - Jagannath Temple, Thalassery \|website=keralatemples.info \|language=en-US \|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> His statues are seen in many places in Kerala which include a 24 feet statue at [[Kaithamukku]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="Kaithamukku gets city’s tallest statue - Times of India">{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Kaithamukku-gets-citys-tallest-statue/articleshow/47083329.cms \|title=Kaithamukku gets city's tallest statue - Times of India \|website=The Times of India \|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> The [[Government of Kerala]] observe the birthday, the [[Sri Narayana Jayanthi]], and the date of death (Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi) of Narayana Guru as public holidays.<ref name="Kerala Gazette">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/docs/11493_14.pdf \|title=Kerala Gazette \|publisher=General Administration (Coordination) Department, Government of Kerala \|access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref>