AYYA VAIKUNDA SWAMIKAL

March 13, 2021

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his respects to Ayya Vaikunda Swamikal - a great thinker and social reformer of the 19th century - on his birth anniversary.

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  • He was the pioneer of the social revolutionaries of south India and Kerala.

  • Research scholars regard Vaikundar as a teacher, healer and also a miracle worker.

  • His teachings also effected many social changes in southern India, resulting in the emergence of a series of social and self-respect movements such as Upper cloth agitation, Temple entry agitation and other movements including those of Narayana Guru, Chattampi Swamikal, Vallalar and Ayyankali.

Source : PIB

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