Oracheri Gurnathanmars - legends and realities.
Allow me to Begin by quoting Sri. V. C. Kunhiraman Vydier of Pallur, Chokli who had written a book “Oracheri Gurunathanmar – an amazing history”. . In his preface he laments “we hate the rule and power of foreigners and reject them, but today we are more anxious to learn and teach their History and imitate .We are not desires of knowing about our native personalities or respect the great ones .We have started only recently probably within a century or little more to record history. Our tall historical personalities –Oracheri Gurunathanmars - lived much earlier than that.’
The informations are more from word of mouth, legends and glimpses from his well-known disciple Rev.. Herman Gundert’s [1814-1893] diary. Rev. Gundert was a German Basel missionary and a great scholar. He compiled the first English -Malayalam Dictionary and translated Holy Bible into Malayalam More is known about Rev. Gundert and very little about the Gurunathanmars who was responsible for the transfer of knowledge about Malayalam language & grammer, the social history and the peeps into the Malayalam culture.
This a humble start to let the world know about the “ Oracheri Gurunathanmars “ and give them a place they deserve in history .Any informations, stories and legends are eagerly looked forward to, which h will enrich this blog.
Allow me to Begin by quoting Sri. V. C. Kunhiraman Vydier of Pallur, Chokli who had written a book “Oracheri Gurunathanmar – an amazing history”. . In his preface he laments “we hate the rule and power of foreigners and reject them, but today we are more anxious to learn and teach their History and imitate .We are not desires of knowing about our native personalities or respect the great ones .We have started only recently probably within a century or little more to record history. Our tall historical personalities –Oracheri Gurunathanmars - lived much earlier than that.’
The informations are more from word of mouth, legends and glimpses from his well-known disciple Rev.. Herman Gundert’s [1814-1893] diary. Rev. Gundert was a German Basel missionary and a great scholar. He compiled the first English -Malayalam Dictionary and translated Holy Bible into Malayalam More is known about Rev. Gundert and very little about the Gurunathanmars who was responsible for the transfer of knowledge about Malayalam language & grammer, the social history and the peeps into the Malayalam culture.
This a humble start to let the world know about the “ Oracheri Gurunathanmars “ and give them a place they deserve in history .Any informations, stories and legends are eagerly looked forward to, which h will enrich this blog.
