Saturday, October 25, 2014

Sivagiri

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.






Sivagiri, Kerala - Sarada Matt and Samadhi of Saint and Social Reformer Sri Narayana Gurudevan
Sivagiri is a pilgrimage centre in Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, state India, where one of its social reformer and sage Sree Narayana Guru's tomb is located and place where guru was enlightend and got the salvation. The Samadhi (the final resting place) of the Guru here attracts thousands of devotees every year during the Sivagiri Pilgrimage days from 30 December to 1 January.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivagiri,_Kerala
http://www.sivagiri.org/









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