Sivagiri Temple
Gurudev's association with Sivagiri in Varkala in south Kerala dates to 1904. Varkala used to be known as the southern Benares. A lover of nature and places radiant with natural beauty Narayana Guru built a hermitage on made a hermitage on top of the Sivagiri hill and stayed there. He grew some plants around the place. That solitary hill began to attract public attention ever since Gurudev appeared there.

In course of time the government granted the Sivagiri hill to Gurudev and the people gave some of the surrounding places to him as gifts. Later Sivagiri grew into the nerve centre of Sree Narayana movements.

At first an elementary school was established there. A night school was also founded for the illiterate people of an untouchable caste. Lots of people came to Sivagiri to have a darshan of Gurudev.

In 1908 (1083) Narayana Guru laid the foundation stone of the famous Kozhikodu Sreekandeswaram temple of north Kerala. That year in January the Theosophial society gave a rousing reception to Gurudev. In the citation given by them, Gurudev was described "a true Brahmajnani".The same year Gurudev consecrated a deity in the Jagannath temple at Thalassery.

Address :
The Sree Narayana Dharma Sanghom Trust, Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
PH: +91 470 2602807, 2602455, FAX - 2602221,
Email: mail@sivagiri.org
http://www.sivagiri.org

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