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1. Where is Narayana Gurukulam situated?

                    Nilgiris

2. What is the colour of clothes that sivagiri pilgrims wear?

                    Yellow

3. Swaathanthrya Gadha was written by

                    Kumaranasan

4. Who directed a film titled Sree Narayana Guru and when?

                    P A Backer in 1985

5. Who directed Yugapurushan in 2010?

                    R Sukumaran

6. Who was the father of Nataraja Guru?

                    Dr.Palpu

7. What is the name of dharmic belief system centered on life and preachings of Vaikunda Swami?

                    Ayyavazhi

8. Where was Dr.Palpu born?

                    Pettah

9. Into which community was Mannathu Padmanabhan born?

                    Nair

10. When was Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khader Moulavi born?

                    1873

11. When was Mannathu Padmanabhan born?

                    02 Jan 1878

12. Who formed Ezhava Sabha?

                    Dr.Palpu

13. Who wrote Jathikummi?

                    K P Karuppan

14. Which agitation did Mannathu Padmanabhan lead in 1959?

                    Vimochana Samara

15. Which newspaper the Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khader Moulavi started in 1905?

                    Swadeshabhimani

16. Who was the teacher of Chattambi Swami?

                    Petayil Raman Ashan

17. When did Sahodaran Ayyappan die?

                    06 March 1968

18. During his last years Sree Narayana Guru was worshipping which deity?

                    Amba

19. Ayyankali died on

                    18 June 1941

20. Darsanamala and Jatimeemamsa was written by

                    Sree Narayana Guru

21. When did Chattambi Swami meet Sree Narayana Guru?

                    1882

22. Who founded Vidya Poshini Sabha?

                    Sahodaran Ayyappan

23. Ardhanareeswara Sthothram was major work of whom?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

24. Who was the person who made the meeting between Sree Narayana Guru and Swami Vivekananda possible?

                    Dr Palpu

25. When did Chattambi Swami attain Samadhi?

                    05 May 1924

26. When was Sivagiri pilgrimage approved by Sree Narayana Guru?

                    1928

27. Who undertook Villuvandi Samaram?

                    Ayyankali

28. Through whose tireless efforts dalit got permission to cover their nakedness in Kerala?

                    Ayyankali

29. Who wrote Pracheena Malayalam, Vedaddikara Nirupanam, Advaita Chintha Paddhati and Vedanta Saram?

                    Chattambi Swami

30. Who was the editor Yuktivadi?

                    Sahodaran Ayyappan

31. Who said 'progress through education, strengthen through organization'?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

32. When was SNDP yogam founded?

                    1903

33. Who started a Journal Sahodaran?

                    Sahodaran Ayyappan

34. Who was the life time President of SNDP Yogam?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

35. Ayyankali died at the age of

                    77 years

36. Who wrote Nirvriti Panchakam?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

37. When did Sree Narayana Guru attain Samadhi?

                    20 Sep 1928

38.  Where is Chattambi Swami memorial?

                    Panmana

39. Who founded Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham?

                    Ayyankali

40. Who gave the slogan 'One Caste, One Religion, One God'?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

41. Who was the first doctor of Ezhava Community?

                    Dr.Palpu

42. Who wrote 'Atmopadesa Satakam'?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

43. Aruvippuram is situated near which river?

                    Neyyar

44. Where did Sree Narayana Guru consecrate a mirror?

                    Kalavankode

45. When did Tagore visit Sree Narayana Guru?

                    1922

46. When did Gandhiji visit Sree Narayana Guru?

                    1925

47. To which neighbouring country did Sree Narayana Guru visit often between 1918 and 1923?

                    Sri Lanka

48. Who was the first secretary of SNDP Yogam?

                    Kumaran Asan

49. What was the predecessor of Pulaya Mahasabha?

                    Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham

50. What is the predecessor of Nair Service Society?

                    Nair Bruthya Janasangham

51. Sree Narayana Guru at last selected which place for Sadhana putting full stop to wandering life?

                    Sivagiri

52. Who wrote Akhilathirattu and Arulnool?

                    Vaikunda Swami

53. Who led the Savarna Jatha?

                    Mannathu Padmanabhan

54. Where did Sree Narayana Guru start the Advaita Ashram?

                    Aluva

55. How did Gandhiji address Ayyankali?

                    Pulaya Raja

56. Where was Sahodaran Ayyappan born?

                    Cherai, Ernakulam

57. Where did Sree Narayana Guru start a Sanskrit school?

                    Varkala

58. Who conceived the concept of Sivagiri Pilgrimage from Dec 30 to Jan 01?

                    V Govindan Vaidyar and T K Kittan

59. Where did Sree Narayana guru attain spiritual enlightenment?

                    Maruthwamala FOrest

60. Who is called Lincoln of Kerala?

                    K P Karuppan

61. Who taught Sree Narayana Gurudevan, vedas and upanished?

                    Kummampalli Raman Pillai Asan

62. What was the original name of Vaikunda Swami?

                    Mudisudum Perumal

63. What was the real name of Chattambi Swami?

                    Kunjan Pillai

64. How many years did Sree Narayana Guru spend in meditative thought and yoga before enlightenment?

                    8 years

65. When did Sree Narayana Guru install the first sivalingam?

                    1888

66. Where did Sree Narayana guru install first Sivalingam?

                    Aruvippuram

67. Where was Sree Narayana Guru born?

                    Chempazhanthy

68. Ayyankali was born at which place?

                    Venganoor

69. When was Chattambi Swamikal born?

                    1853

70. When was Ayyankali was born?

                    1863

71. Where was Vaikunda Swami born?

                    Swamithoppu, Nagarcoil

72. What was the name of parents of Sree Narayana Guru?

                    Madan Asan and Kuttyamma

73. Who is the father of Kerala Renaissance?

                    Sree Narayana Guru

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