Historicising the Spiritual–Political Fold in Asceticism: The Sree Narayana Gurukulam and Social Change

dc.contributor.author	Cybil K.V.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-05-23T11:13:55Z
dc.description.abstract	Narayana guru (1856–1928), in whose name the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam was formed in early twentieth-century Kerala, challenged the claim that brahmins made to the exclusive possession of the wisdom and practices of the Vedic and Vedantic texts. Guru did this by preaching a variant of Upanishadic philosophy and establishing temples in which he installed the deities. Drawing mainly upon the writings of a disciple, Nataraja guru (1895–1973), this article explores the links between the spiritual and the political through a historicising perspective. © 2024 CSD.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/00490857241252696
dc.identifier.uri	http://172.23.0.11:4000/handle/123456789/6384
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Social Change
dc.title	Historicising the Spiritual–Political Fold in Asceticism: The Sree Narayana Gurukulam and Social Change

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