>>5997852(Acharya) Narendra Bhooshan (Acharyaji) was an Indian linguist, Vedic Scholar, orator, writer, translator, journalist and publisher. He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Malayalam, Hindi and English.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Education
3 Published works
4 Awards and honours
5 References
6 External sources
Early life
Narendra was born at Chengannur, in central Travancore area, a hundred kilometers west of the famous Sabarimala temple to Krishna Pillai and Thankamma. He completed his school education in Kallissery High School, Chengannur in the year 1952 and joined NSS Hindu College, Changanasserry for higher studies.
Education
Later, he accepted various jobs before reaching the temple of learning, Dayananda Brahma Mahavidyalaya Hissar, Haryana. Returning from Hissar to his home state, he took up the cause of Vedic literature in India. Acharya Narendra Bhooshan started as an office assistant in an Export Company in Thiruvananthapuram in 1957. He also worked as a teacher and a journalist for brief periods. He served as the Kulapathi of Saraswathi Vaidika Gurukulam- Chenganoor and Upakulapathi of Maharshi Dyananda Vaidika Gurukulam in Vaikkom.
The Acharya is also the founder editor of Arshanadam Magazine, which is exclusively devoted to the studies related to the Vedas and Upanishads. He admitted all Hindus irrespective of their caste, in his Gurukulam. Moreover, he initiated them to the world of Vedic knowledge by presenting them with the sacred thread (janayu) and the scared Mantra, hitherto viewed as exclusive birthrights of Brahmins. The Acharya has so far delivered about 5000 discourses on various topics mainly on Vedas and Vedic practices. He continued his life's mission while ignoring health problems. It was Acharya Narendra Bhushan who for first time in Kerala introduced postal tuition classes for Sanskrit. He established the 'Veda Press' (Akshara Bodhini) in Chengannur in 1978 mainly for publishing materials and books related to Vedic studies in Malayalam.
