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14 TH DEC.2003 IS NARAYANEEYAM DAY. SrimanNarayaniyam   is   a   masterly condensation of   the   famous Srimad Bhagavata   Purana,   and   was   composed   by Melputhur     Narayana   Bhattatiri,   a   great   devotee-poet   who   lived   in   Kerala   in   the   16th. Century, A.D. The Bhagavata, consisting   of   about   18000   verses,   has   been   summarised   in   this   work   in 1034   verses,   divided   into   100   Dasakas   (Cantos).
The   author   of   this   work,   Melputhur   Narayana   Bhattatiri,   was   born   about   the   year   1560   in   a   village   near   the famous   temple   of   Tirunavaya  in  Kerala.   Even   at   a   very   young   age   he   mastered   the   Vedas   and   the   Vedangas.   He learnt   Mimamsa   and   the   other   Sastras   from   his   father,   Matrudatta,   the   Vedas   from   one   Madhavacharya,   the   science of     Logic   (Tarka)   from   his   elder   brother   Damodara,   and   Sanskrit   Grammar   from   Achyuta   Pisharoti, a   celebrated   grammarian.

    He   composed   the   Narayaniyam   at   the  age   of   27  and dedicated to Lord Guruvayurappan and got relieved fully from his age old illness.LET US PAY OUE OBEISANCE.

ref.guruvayur devaswom


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