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Vivekodayam - Wikipedia

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*Vivekodayam*
Categories	Literary magazine
Frequency	Quarterly
Founder	Kumaran Asan
Founded	1904
First issue	April 1904, 1079 Medom 30
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Vivekodayam ('Dawn of wisdom') is a Malayalam literary journal established in 1904 to serve as a voice of the underprivileged communities in the Indian state of Kerala. It was founded by Kumaran Asan, a prominent poet of malayalam literature, social reformer, disciple of Narayana Guru and founder-secretary of the associated SNDP Yogam, who was inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda (The journal name was a tribute to him.).^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Prominent poet, Kumaran Asan served as the founding editor of Vivekodayam, which published its first monthly issue in April, 1904 and it soon became the leading literary journal in Kerala. Under Asan's editorship, Vivekodayam primarily served as a voice for the social reform message of SNDP Yogam. At the same time, it covered the literary, political, and social themes and published original literary works, literary criticism, informative writings, and inspirational essays. Its fierce advocacy of the interests of the Ezhava community led to it being popularly referred to as the Ezhava Gazette. Asan continued as the editor of Vivekodayam till 1919, when he resigned shortly after his marriage.^[4]^[3]

After several years of dormancy, the journal was revived by C.R. Kesavan Vaidyar.^[5] Vivekodayam is currently published quarterly by the Kumaran Asan National Institute of Culture (KANIC), which was founded in 1958 to preserve the writings and memory of Kumaran Asan.^[6]

Notable articles

Editorials written by Asan in Vivekodayam attracted widespread attention, and covered current affairs, criticism of the Government, and championed the cause of education and employment opportunities for the Ezhavas.^[7]

Vivekodayam published Asan's starkly critical reviews of three contemporary Malayali Mahakavyam's (epic poems): Chitrayogam by Vallathol, Umakeralam by Ulloor and Rugmangadacharitam by Pandalam Kerala Varma. Asan criticized these works for being conservative in form and for blindly following the norms of Sanskrit epics. His criticism caused a stir in the literary community and engendered responses from the authors, and fans, of those works followed by replies by Asan himself.^[8]^[3]

Besides original essays and criticism Vivekodayam included translations of works from other languages, such as James Allen's As a Man Thinketh, (translated by Asan; published as Manampole Mangalyam)^[9] and Swami Vivekananda's Bengali poem Nachuk Tahate Shyama (translated by Asan; published in two issues in 1904).^[10]

References

^ George 1972, p. 22.
^ Das 1991, p. 257.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sadasivan 2000, p. 600.
^ George 1972, pp. 22, 66–67.
^ Kesavan 1988, p. 19.
^ "Publications". Kumaran Asan National Institute of Culture. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ George 1972, pp. 66–67.
^ George 1972, pp. 68–69.
^ George 1972, p. 70.
^ Basu, Shankari Prasad (1989). "Vivekananda and social movements in Kerala". Prabuddha Bharata. 94 (2): 103.

Bibliography

George, K. M. (1972). Makers of Indian literature. Kumaran Asan. New Delhi, India: Sahitya Akademi.
Das, Sisir Kumar (1991). A History of Indian Literature: Western impact: Indian response, 1800–1910. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-006-5.
Sadasivan, S.N. (2000). A Social History of India. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7648-170-0.
Kesavan, Bellary Shamanna (1988). History of Printing and Publishing in India: A Story of Cultural Re-awakening (Vol. 2).

Swami Vivekananda

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Teachings and philosophy	Teachings and philosophy Vivekananda and meditation Influence and legacy of Vivekananda Neo-Vedanta
Books	Bibliography Sangeet Kalpataru Bartaman Bharat The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Inspired Talks Jnana Yoga Karma Yoga Lectures from Colombo to Almora My Master Raja Yoga The East and the West
Poems/songs	"Kali the Mother" Khandana Bhava–Bandhana "My Play is Done" The Hymn of Samadhi The Song of the Sannyasin To the Fourth of July Nachuk Tahate Shyama
Lectures	"Buddhism, the Fulfilment of Hinduism" Christ, the Messenger Religion not the crying need of India Vedanta Philosophy
Miscellaneous	Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha

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Monastic disciples	Shuddhananda Virajananda Swarupananda Paramananda
Other disciples and friends	Ajit Singh of Khetri Alasinga Perumal Emma Calvé J. J. Goodwin John Henry Wright Josephine MacLeod Sara Chapman Bull Sister Christine Sister Nivedita Abhayananda William Hastie

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Films	Swami Vivekananda (1955) Bireswar Vivekananda (1964) Swami Vivekananda (1998) Swamiji (2012) The Light: Swami Vivekananda (2013)
Dramas	Biley Bireswar

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