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It is no exaggeration to say that latter half of the nineteenth century heralded the dawn of a golden era in the history of India. For, never before or since then had there been the advent of so many great men in such a short time as during those decades. It was truly like the coming of spring, the season of regeneration, joy and hope, in the withered garden of India, filling the land with fine and fragrant flowers. And a flower of the finest fragrance was Sree Narayana Guru, who was born on an auspicious day in September 1854.
The birth of a great soul is not just a fortuitous occurrence. Great personages are born in response to the urges of the times and are therefore a historical necessity. If then, at any particular period of time, several such superman were to pace our troubled earth, it could only be due to the compulsions of extra-ordinary circumstances.
Now what was so unusual in nineteeth century India? It is essential to know the true background of this period for us to understand the significance of the life and work of the great men of the time. A similar study of the time is essential also for the proper appreciation of the life of the illustrious Sree Narayana Gurudeva.
For India, eighteenth century was the Dark Age at its densest. Degeneracy had set in with virulence in national life at all levels. It appeared as though the country had no worthy goal to march forward. Nor was there any lofty ideal inspring the people to endeavors. Surely, a worse plight there could hardly be.
For a hundred years from the middle of the eighteenth century, the culture and civilization of our land had been sinking steadily till they touched their lowest depth. During this dark period, there was not much of creative activity, no new work that could be called a literary masterpiece in any of the Indian languages. Hinduism was in a moribund state.
The indigenous arts that had survived centuries of inestimable value disappeared owing to the ignorance and indifference of the people , were plundered and shipped off by the avaricious foreigners to their lands. The tidal wave of a totally alien civilization arrested all the creative impulses of the natives. Western influence cast such a spell on the educated youth anything Indian began to be looked down upon by them. Perhaps for the first time in her long history, India seemed to have lost her sanity and sense of values.
Not even the waves of Muslim conquest had brought about such a sad transformation. Hindu Dharma then had held its own, with singular firmness and equanimity. During the five centuries between 1200 and 1750 A.D. when India was under the heels of the Turks and the Moghuls, she had maintained her growth in all spheres of national activity.
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It is no exaggeration to say that latter half of the nineteenth century heralded the dawn of a golden era in the history of India. For, never before or since then had there been the advent of so many great men in such a short time as during those decades. It was truly like the coming of spring, the season of regeneration, joy and hope, in the withered garden of India, filling the land with fine and fragrant flowers. And a flower of the finest fragrance was Sree Narayana Guru, who was born on an auspicious day in September 1854.
The birth of a great soul is not just a fortuitous occurrence. Great personages are born in response to the urges of the times and are therefore a historical necessity. If then, at any particular period of time, several such superman were to pace our troubled earth, it could only be due to the compulsions of extra-ordinary circumstances.
Now what was so unusual in nineteeth century India? It is essential to know the true background of this period for us to understand the significance of the life and work of the great men of the time. A similar study of the time is essential also for the proper appreciation of the life of the illustrious Sree Narayana Gurudeva.
For India, eighteenth century was the Dark Age at its densest. Degeneracy had set in with virulence in national life at all levels. It appeared as though the country had no worthy goal to march forward. Nor was there any lofty ideal inspring the people to endeavors. Surely, a worse plight there could hardly be.
For a hundred years from the middle of the eighteenth century, the culture and civilization of our land had been sinking steadily till they touched their lowest depth. During this dark period, there was not much of creative activity, no new work that could be called a literary masterpiece in any of the Indian languages. Hinduism was in a moribund state.
The indigenous arts that had survived centuries of inestimable value disappeared owing to the ignorance and indifference of the people , were plundered and shipped off by the avaricious foreigners to their lands. The tidal wave of a totally alien civilization arrested all the creative impulses of the natives. Western influence cast such a spell on the educated youth anything Indian began to be looked down upon by them. Perhaps for the first time in her long history, India seemed to have lost her sanity and sense of values.
Not even the waves of Muslim conquest had brought about such a sad transformation. Hindu Dharma then had held its own, with singular firmness and equanimity. During the five centuries between 1200 and 1750 A.D. when India was under the heels of the Turks and the Moghuls, she had maintained her growth in all spheres of national activity.