ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the core principles of a new educational movement whose value is derived from a new philosophy of man as propagated by Narayana Guru. It discusses the meaning of Nataraja Guru’s educational movement by reconstructing their structural premises. In Kerala, during the turn of nineteenth century, there was the remarkable influence of Narayana Guru who was a sage, poet and social reformer. The ‘contemplative community of learners’ of Narayana Gurukulam Movement under the guidance of Nataraja Guru, of yellow fellowship, sought intelligibility on what it means to educate the self, in the Indian tradition. The core of post-colonial writings on education in contemporary India has a template from the pragmatic knowledge or quantitative aspects for ‘instrumental reason’ without laying much emphasis on quality or holistic education. The problem of modern education is that it created fragmented faculties without enabling the learner to have a complete understanding of the whole or the absolute.
