Draft:Vinaya Chaitanya

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Vinaya Chaitanya
BornVinaya Chaitanya
(1952-06-02)2 June 1952
Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter


Vinaya Chaitanya[1][2] was born in Muvattupuzha, in 1952, he was schooled in Pandapilli, Aroor, and Puthencruz. He met Nataraja Guru while studying at Union Christian College, Aluva, which was a turning point in his life. Still a disciple. He writes in Kannada, Malayalam, and English. At a young age, he was accepted as a disciple by Dr. Nataraja Guru a direct disciple and successor of Narayana Guru, the philosopher-poet of Kerala. Vinaya headed the Gurukula Institute of Aesthetic Values in rural Bangalore for forty years and learned Kannada from minstrels, who introduced him to various forms of mystical poetry. Vinaya publishes books in Malayalam, Kannada, and English. His recent publication is a work of translation titled "A Cry in the Wilderness: The Works of Narayana Guru."[3][4] He now continues the wisdom-sharing tradition of the gurukula without institutional affiliation, treating the whole world as his gurukula, the family of the guru.[5][6]

Books edit

  • Songs for Siva (vachanas of Akka Mahadevi)
  • Milarepa
  • Gospel of Thomas
  • Narayana Guru translations in Kannada and English
  • A bouquet of meditations

References edit

  1. ^ "The works of Narayana Guru: Translating spirituality". 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Interview with Vinaya Chaitanya, Author of "A Cry in the Wilderness: The Works of Narayana Guru"".
  3. ^ "Vinaya Chaitanya".
  4. ^ "'Narayana Guru's ideas are more relevant than before'".
  5. ^ "Interview with Vinaya Chaitanya, Author of "A Cry in the Wilderness: The Works of Narayana Guru"".
  6. ^ "Re-canonising Kannada Literature". 2 March 2023.

External links edit

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Category:Writers from Kerala Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:20th-century Indian male writers