Leaders of Renaissance in Kerala- Vagbhatanandan (1885-1939)
1. Vagbhatananda Gurudevar, was a disciple of Sree Narayana
Guru. He born in 1885 in a Thiyya family of North Malabar.
2. His father was Koran Vaidyar
3. He followed the path of Adwaitha of Sankara.
4. A rationalist, Vaghbhatananda adopted Raja
Ram Mohun Roy as the ideal model for his
social action.
5. His real name was V.K.Gurukkal. The name ‘Vagbhatananda’ was
given by Sivayogi of Alathur.
6. In 1920, he founded Atmavidhya Sangham. In 1921 he started
the publication of a journal called ‘Abhinava Kerala’.
7. Later, he edited another journal ‘Atmavidhya Kahalam’
8. The treatise ‘Atmavidhya’ composed by Vagbhatananda was the manifesto
of Atmavidhya Sangham.
9. Through the Atmavidhya Sangham he campaigned against drug
abuse and caste system.
10. He denounced caste barriers and idol worship and exhorted his
followers to abjure such practices.
11. He also campaigned vigorously against addiction to liquor and
championed the cause of prohibition.
12. The teachings of Vagbhatananda helped to strengthen the base
of the nationalist movement particularly in north Kerala.
13. Vagbhatananda had a large number of disciples not only in the
northern part of Kerala but in the rest likeAlappuzha, Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram.
Of them prominent were Padmanabha Panicker fromPuthenthoppu (later Swami Aryabhatan) and Kochukesavan Asan (later Swami Samanthabhadran). P.Swamikutty
(who was a disciple of Brahmananda Sivayogi )was always found with
Vagbhatananda.
14. He passed away in 1939.
15. Vagbhatananda Gurudeva trust was formed
in 1983.
16. From 2006 onwards Vagbhatananda Award
has been bestowed on personalities who had contributed their
mite to the social, literary and cultural
fields.
17. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a citation and a
statuette.
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