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Swami Vipulananda | |
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Born | Mylvaganam Samithamby 27 March 1892 Karaitivu, Sri Lanka |
Died | 19 July 1947 Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | (aged 55)
Resting place | Monument at Sivananda Vidyalayam |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Other names | Vipulananda Adigal Muththamizh Viththagar Mylvaganam Swamigal |
Education | Bachelor of Science |
Occupation | Professor |
Employer | University of Ceylon |
Known for | Hindu 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]