Kochi: Kerala High Court has said that Sree Narayana Guru was a social reformer and not an avatar of God and the Gurumandiram housing his statue cannot be treated as a temple.
A bench comprising Justices V Chitambaresh and K Harilal made this observation while hearing a property dispute case related to a ‘Gurumandiram’ at Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha.
“The statue of Sree Narayana Guru (who did not believe in idol worship) cannot be treated as a deity and his followers permitted to represent it. Sree Narayana Guru was a social reformer and not an avatar of God and the Gurumandiram housing his statue cannot be treated as a temple as is projected.
The court said that worshipping the social reformist is not justified as Narayana Guru was against idol worship and that his statue cannot be considered as idols.
