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(Redirected from Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi) State festival of Kerala, India

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Sri Narayana Jayanthi is a state festival of Kerala. It is celebrated on Chathayam day during the Onam season in Chingam month of Malayalam calendar. It marks the birthday of Narayana Guru, a saint and a social reformer of India who fought against the caste system of Hindu religion.

As a state festival, the day is a public holiday for schools and offices, including banks, in Kerala.

Guru's birthday is celebrated on the Chathayam asterism of the Malayalam month of Chingam (Leo). In a society broken into fragments by casteism and economic inequality, he emphasised the motto of 'one caste, one religion and one god.'

Communal harmony processions, conferences, floral tributes, community prayers, feeding for the poor and community feasts marks Jayanthi celebrations.

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v t e Narayana Guru
Spiritual Guru	Ayyavu Swamikal
Notable disciples	Bodhananda Bodheswaran C. V. Kunhiraman Kumaran Asan Mithavaadi Krishnan Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker Nataraja Guru Padmanabhan Palpu Sahodaran Ayyappan T. K. Madhavan Velutheri Kesavan Vaidyar
Social institutions	Alwaye Advaita Ashram Sarada Mutt Sree Dharma Paripalana Yogam Sree Narayana Trust
Educational institutions	S.N Trust H.S.S, Kollam Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam Sree Narayana Guru College of Advanced Studies, Nattika Sree Narayana Guru College of Legal Studies, Kollam Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering Sree Narayana Polytechnic College, Kollam Sree Narayanaguru Open University
Incidents	Ezhava Siva Temple Entry Proclamation Sri Narayana Jayanthi Vaikom Satyagraha
Associated people	C. Kesavan G. Balakrishnan Nair M. K. Sanu Moorkoth Kumaran Pallathu Raman Perunnelli Krishnan Vaidyar Paravoor Sreedharan Thanthrikal Nitya Chaitanya Yati
Temples consecrated by Guru	Temples consecrated by Narayana Guru Gokarnanatheshwara Temple Jagannath Temple, Thalassery Sree Bhavaneeswara Temple
Literary works	Atmopadesa Śatakam Daiva Daśakaṁ
Related articles	Billava Ezhava Jnana Vigraham Sivagiri, Kerala Sree Narayana Jayanthi Boat Race

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