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Photos of ancestral home of Sri Narayana Guru at Chembazanthy – Online Virtual tour of Sri Narayana Guru’s House near Trivandrum

When some ignorant Brahmins objected to Sri Narayana Guru worshipping a Shivling, he immediately retorted that I am not worshipping a Brahmin Shiva but an Ezhava Shiva. He represented the Ezhava caste and all those downtrodden Hindus in Kerala. He cleaned up the dirt piled upon the true teachings of Hinduism by the ignorant and coined the motto - one caste, one religion, one god – echoing the teachings of the Upanishads. The ancestral home of this 19th century saint is visited by thousands of people daily. Leen Thobias of p4panorama.com has created an online virtual tour of the Vayalvaram Veedu of Sri Narayana Guru at Chempazhanthy near Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram).

The 18th century simple home of Sri Narayana Guru is today a protected monument. The virtual tour has four images – you can view them in 360 degrees. Apart from the home, there are images of Gurukulam and Manakkal Temple which is located by side of the house.

The ancestral home of Sri Narayana Guru is located on the road from Sreekaryam to Pothencode near Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala.