Question

The ________________was an organization founded in 1903 to propagate the teaching of Sree Narayana Guru.
a. Samatwasamajam
b. Sadhujana paripalana Sangham
c. Sree Mulam Praja sabha
d. Sree Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam

Answer 1

Hint:
- The organisation is Indian charitable society.
- On March 8, 1916, Sree Narayana Guru consecrated the deity at the Sree Bhavaneeswara temple, Lord Shiva. Gurudeva laid the base stone for the Lower Primary School under this organisation after the ceremony.

Complete solution:
Sree Narayana Guru –
- He was born in Chempazhanthy, a village near Thiruvananthapuram, to Madan Asan and his wife was Kuttiyamma.
- Sree Narayana Guru was named Narayanan.
- His family belonged to the Ezhava caste and according to the social mores of the time, was considered 'avarna'.
- He was a pioneering reformer who ignored the caste system and emphasised human equality. The universal message was also delivered, "One caste, One faith, One God".
- On 20 September 1928, Sree Narayana Guru took his last breath. This day is celebrated in Kerala as Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi and is a public holiday there. He also celebrates his birth anniversary as Sree Narayana Jayanthi.

Sree Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam -
- The Indian charitable society is the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP).
- The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, also known as SNDP Yogam, was established in 1903 by Dr Padmanabhan Palpu, known as Dr Palpu, with Sree Narayana Guru's guidance and blessings to spiritually uplift the Ezhava/Tiyyar community.
- SNDP works from the "owner of thalappu and ladder" to its present state for the spiritual and educational advancement of the Ezhava community and for the social growth of the Ezhava (according to the 824 Royal Order).

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
- In 1888, at Aruvippuram, he built a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva that was against the caste-based restrictions of the time. Guru responded when asked by Brahmins about this deed that the Shiva he had consecrated was not a Brahmin.
- Narayana Guru, too had met Rabindranath Tagore. "I visited different parts of the world," says Tagore. "But I never met one who is spiritually bigger than Sree Narayana Guru."