Swami Vipulananda

Swami Vipulananda
Born
Mylvaganam Samithamby

(1892-03-27)27 March 1892
Died19 July 1947(1947-07-19) (aged 55)
Resting placeMonument at Sivananda Vidyalayam
Other namesVipulananda Adigal
Muththamizh Viththagar
Mylvaganam Swamigal
EducationBachelor of Science
OccupationProfessor
EmployerUniversity of Ceylon
Known forHindu reformer

Swami Vipulananda (Tamil: சுவாமி விபுலாநந்தர்; 27 March 1892 – 20 July 1947), also known as Vipulananda Adigal, was a Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu social reformer, literary critic, author, poet, teacher and ascetic from the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. Vipulananda was an early pioneer associated with the Indian-based Ramakrishna Mission in Sri Lanka. Along with other reformers, Vipulananda was instrumental in the revival of the Hindu religion and native traditions in Sri Lanka after a long period of dormancy and decline during the previous 500 years of colonial rule by various European powers.[1][2]

  1. ^ Arumugam, Sanmugam (1996). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon.
  2. ^ Kanagaretnam, Pan. "Swami Professor Vipulananda". Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2007.