Draft:Vinaya Chaitanya

Vinaya Chaitanya was born in Muvattupuzha, in 1952, he was schooled in Pandapilli, Aroor, and Puthencruz. He met Nataraja Guru while studying at Union Christian College, Aluva, which was a turning point in his life. Still a disciple. He writes in Kannada, Malayalam, and English. At a young age, he was accepted as a disciple by Dr. Nataraja Guru a direct disciple and successor of Narayana Guru, the philosopher-poet of Kerala. Vinaya headed the Gurukula Institute of Aesthetic Values in rural Bangalore for forty years and learned Kannada from minstrels, who introduced him to various forms of mystical poetry. Vinaya publishes books in Malayalam, Kannada, and English. His recent publication is a work of translation titled "A Cry in the Wilderness: The Works of Narayana Guru." He now continues the wisdom-sharing tradition of the gurukula without institutional affiliation, treating the whole world as his gurukula, the family of the guru.

Books

 * Songs for Siva (vachanas of Akka Mahadevi)
 * Milarepa
 * Gospel of Thomas
 * Narayana Guru translations in Kannada and English
 * A bouquet of meditations