Socio-religious reform Movements

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Consider the following statements regarding the Aruvippuram movement:

1. During the movement, an idol of Shiva was consecrated in a temple by Sri Narayan Guru defying restrictions on lower castes.

2. The movement took place near Mysore in Karnataka.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

The Sree Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Movement was an example of a regional movement born out of the conflict between the depressed classes and upper castes.
It was started by Sree Narayana Guru Swamy (1856- 1928) among the Ezhavas of Kerala, who were a backward caste of toddy-tappers and were considered to be untouchables, denied education and entry into temples.
Narayana Guru, himself from the Ezhava caste, took a stone from the Neyyar river and installed it as a Sivalinga at Aruvippuram (Kerala) on Sivaratri in 1888. It was intended to show that the consecration of an idol was not the monopoly of the higher castes. With this, he began a revolution that soon led to the removal of many discriminations in Kerala’s society. Hence statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is not correct.
The movement (Aruvippuram movement) drew the famous poet Kumaran Asan as a disciple of Narayana Guru. In 1889, the Aruvippuram Kshetra Yogam was formed which was decided to expand into a big organization to help the Ezhavas to progress materially as well as spiritually. Thus the Aruvippuram Sree Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana Yogam (in short SNDP) was registered in 1903 under the Indian Companies Act, with Narayana Guru as its permanent chairman, and Kumaran Asan as the general secretary.