KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / BRAHMANANDA SWAMI SIVAYOGI / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / BRAHMANANDA SWAMI SIVAYOGI / NOTES

KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / BRAHMANANDA SWAMI SIVAYOGI / NOTES

·       Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi (August 26, 1852-September 10, 1929) was a sanyasi from Kerala. He founded the Ananda Maha Sabha and Anandamatham (religion of bliss)

·       He denounced idol worship and religions. He propounded the theory that ananda (happiness or bliss) should be the touchstone of any human activity

·       Ananda Maha Sabha played an important role in the renaissance of Kerala society

·       Sivayoga Rahasyam (1893), Sthri Vidya Poshini (1899), Sidhanubhuthi (1903), Mokshapradeepam (1905), Anandakalpadrumam (1905) etc… are some of his works

 

KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / BRAHMANANDA SWAMI SIVAYOGI / NOTES