Yugapurushan Sree Narayana Guru’s social reforms in Kerala wont be complete unless his association with Chattambi Swami and his reforms are not mentioned. Chattambi Swami was a reformer of the NAIR caste which was the middle class. Those times the Brahmins exerted supremacy in all walks of life

Sri.Vidyadhiraja Chattambi Swami Thiruvadikal was one of the most worshiped and respected spiritual leaders and social reformer of  Kerala.  Chattambi Swami, born on August 25, 1853 in a poor Nair family known as Ulloorcode, near Kollur Mutt in Kannanmool, Thiruvananthapuram.  Vasudeva Sharma was his father and Thirunanga mother.  He was named  Ayyappan, but he was known by per name ‘Kunjan’.  Unlike Sree Narayana Guru he could not join a school for his studies due to the poor condition of his family.  He still went to the Kollur Athiyar Mutt and  overheard teaching of the ‘Asan’ whom later allowed to sit in the class.
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