INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Aravipuram Movement was launched by Sri Narayana Guru on Shivaratri day of 1888. On that day, Sri Narayana Guru defied the religious restrictions traditionally placed on the Ezhava community, and consecrated an idol of Shiva at Aravipuram.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aravippuram Movement (1888) Arravippuram Movement, also known as the Ezhava movement, was led by Sri Narayana Guru in 1888 at Aravippuram in Kerala against the Brahmin domination and for the rights of depressed classes, especially the Ezhavas or Iravas caste of Kerala.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Reformation movement in Kerala refers to a socio-cultural movement that began towards the end of 19th century and led to large scale changes in the social outlook of the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arya Samaj, Brahmo Samaj, Atmiya Sabha, Deva Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Tattvabodhini Sabha, Theosophical society, young Bengal movement, Deoband movement, Faraizi movement, Ramakrishna mission, satyashodhak samaj and Ahmadiyya movement were some of the major social and religious reform movements of the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -These social and religious reform movements arose among all communities of the Indian people. They attacked bigotry, superstition and the hold of the priestly class. They worked for the abolition of castes and untouchability, the purdah system, sati, child marriage, social inequalities and illiteracy.