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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name=(Acharya) Narendra Bhooshan
| image=
| birth_date=22 May 1937
| birth_place=Chengannur
| death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|11|16|1937|05|22}}
| death_place=Kochi
| spouse=D. Kamala Bai
| children=N. Vedaresmi, N. Vedaprakash
| title =Vedic Scholar
| religion=[[Hinduism]]
}}
'''(Acharya) Narendra Bhooshan''' (Acharyaji) was an [[India]]n [[Linguistics|linguist]], Vedic Scholar, orator, writer, translator, journalist and publisher. He was a scholar in [[Sanskrit]], [[Malayalam]], [[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]].

== Early life ==
Narendra was born at [[Chengannur]], in central [[Travancore]] area, a hundred kilometers west of the famous [[Sabarimala]] [[temple]] to Krishna Pillai and Thankamma. He completed his school education in Kallissery High School, [[Chengannur]] in the year 1952 and joined NSS Hindu College, [[Changanassery|Changanasserry]] for higher studies.

== Education ==
Later, he accepted various jobs before reaching the [[temple]] of learning, Dayananda Brahma Mahavidyalaya Hissar, Haryana. Returning from [[Hisar, India|Hissar]] to his home state, he took up the cause of [[Vedas|Vedic]] literature in [[India]]. Acharya Narendra Bhooshan started as an office assistant in an Export Company in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1957. He also worked as a teacher and a journalist for brief periods. He served as the ''Kulapathi'' of Saraswathi Vaidika Gurukulam- Chenganoor and Upakulapathi of Maharshi Dayananda Vaidika Gurukulam in Vaikkom.

The [[Acharya]] is also the founder-editor of [http://www.arshanadam.co.in/ Arshanadam] Magazine, which is exclusively devoted to the studies related to the [[Vedas]] and [[Upanishads]]. He admitted all [[Hindus]] irrespective of their [[caste]], in his ''[[Gurukul]]am''. Moreover, he initiated them to the world of [[Vedas|Vedic]] knowledge by presenting them with the sacred thread (janayu{{which lang|date=June 2021}}) and the sacred [[Mantra]], hitherto viewed as exclusive birthrights of [[Brahmin]]s. The Acharya has so far delivered about 5000 discourses on various topics mainly on [[Vedas]] and [[Vedas|Vedic]] practices. He continued his life's mission while ignoring health problems. It was Acharya Narendra Bhushan who for first time in [[Kerala]] introduced postal tuition classes for [[Sanskrit]]. He established the 'Veda Press' (Akshara Bodhini) in [[Chengannur]] in 1978 mainly for publishing materials and books related to [[Vedas|Vedic]] studies in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]].

== Published works ==
He has to his credit a large number of books - translations, commentary and his original works. There are more than one hundred books by (Acharya) Narendra Bhushan, out which around fifty were published, on [[Vedas]], [[Upanishads]], [[Hindu]] philosophy and ancient wisdom. He also contributed to the welfare of the society by conducting two brihat (large) '[[Yajna]]s' Atharva veda Yajna and Chathurveda Yajna at the Mahadeva temple [[Chengannur]] in [[Kerala]] during 1995. Perhaps his magnum opus is the "[[Chathurveda Samhitha]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buy.mathrubhumi.com/books/mathrubhumi/spiritual/bookdetails/1364/chathurvedasamhitha |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-05-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615094419/http://buy.mathrubhumi.com/books/mathrubhumi/spiritual/bookdetails/1364/chathurvedasamhitha |archivedate=15 June 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/603458274|title=Vijay Kumar's review of Chatur Veda Samhita|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> transcriptions of the entire chants and mantras of the four [[Vedas]] in the [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] alphabet along with a profound commentary, along with original [[Devanagari]] script. Acharya Narendra Bhooshan's commentaries on all major [[Upanishads]] are proof of his profound knowledge in that sphere. These commentaries are in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]. His interpretation (in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]) of 10 major [[Upanishads]] are compiled as [[Dashopanishad Shruthipriya Bhasha Bhayam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/Dasopanishathu-Sruthipriyabhashabhashyam?t=1|title=Dasopanishathu Sruthipriyabhashabhashyam|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> He has also done [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak|Lokamanya Tilak]]'s "Geetha Rahasyam"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buy.mathrubhumi.com/books/mathrubhumi/spiritual/bookdetails/987/srimath-bhagavathgeetha-rahasyam |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203074746/http://buy.mathrubhumi.com/books/mathrubhumi/spiritual/bookdetails/987/srimath-bhagavathgeetha-rahasyam |archivedate=3 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> Justice Ganga prasad's Origin of Religions "Mathangalute Uthbhavakatha",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/masthangalude-uthbhavakatha?t=1|title=Mathangalude Uthbhavakatha|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> Swamy Sathyapathi Parivrajaka's "Yogameemamsa" into [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]. "Yogameemamsa" explain the true meaning of [[Yoga]] dispelling all superstitions of about the practice of [[Yajna|Yaga]]. The contribution of [[Swami Dayananda Saraswati]] and [[Arya samaj]] were made familiar to the people of [[Kerala]] mainly through Acharya's work of "Sathyartha Prakasham" which was originally written in [[Hindi]]. Other work in [[Sanskrit]] by [[Maharshi|Swami Dayananda Saraswathy]] like, "Veda Paryatanam", "Vedageethamrutham" "Achara Bhanu" "Aryabhivinayam" "Aryodhesha Ratnamala" were brought into [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] by Acharya Narendra Bhushan.<ref name="aryasamajkerala1">{{cite web|url=http://aryasamajkerala.org/pen-pictures-of-narendra-bhooshan.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-09-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402100036/http://aryasamajkerala.org/pen-pictures-of-narendra-bhooshan.html |archivedate=2 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> Another very important- work is a commentary on "Harinama Keerthanam" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://buy.mathrubhumi.com/books/mathrubhumi/spiritual/bookdetails/1297/harinamakeerthanam |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-11-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203061933/http://buy.mathrubhumi.com/books/mathrubhumi/spiritual/bookdetails/1297/harinamakeerthanam |archivedate=3 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> explaining the [[Upanishads|Upanishad]] and [[Vedas|Vedic]] dimensions of this simple yet very popular Keerthanam. "Mahamrithumjayam"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/mahamrityunjayam?t=1|title=Mahamrityunjayam|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> is another work by the author which is a commentary on the inequitable problem of conform by death and the method of talking it by detachment. "[[Upasana]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/upasana?t=1|title=Upasana|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> is another [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] work by Acharya Narendra Bhooshan giving in details the Pancha Mahayajna's to be practical in daily life. This book serves as a practical guide for the layman in conducting his life.

He has also contributed to the field of literature by translating BHASA's famous [[Sanskrit]] dramas "[[Abhisheka]]" and "Ooru Bhanga" to [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]. The [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] work Yogesweranaya Sree Krishna<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/YOGESWARANAAYA-SREEKRISHNAN?t=1|title=Yogeswaranaaya Sreekrishnan|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> gives a picture of the life Sreekrishna as a [[Yogi]]. "Ayodhyayile Sree Raman"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/AYODHYAYILE-SREERAMAN?t=1|title=Ayodhyayile Sreeraman|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> is yet another work that render proof for the author's mind "Yaga Parichayam"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/yagaparichayam?t=1|title=Yagaparichayam|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> is a work in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] that attempts to give details regarding the [[Yajna|Yaga]]. Another book "Paralokavum Punarjanmavum"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/books/paralokavum-punarjanmavum?t=1|title=Paralokavum Punarjanmavum|website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com}}</ref> serves is a book on Acharya Narendra Bhooshan's thoughts on [[vedic]] tradition, religion and spirituality. This book emphasizes the link between spirituality and scientific thought and dismissed some religious practices when they act as obstacles to the development of the self. This book also attempts to unveil the mysteries concerning life after death.

== Awards and honours ==
Acharya Narendra Bhooshan is also the recipient of many awards and recognitions. The Arya Sama Centenary puraskar 1983, Maharshi Dayanand Puraskar both from Ajmer, the Vedopadesha Puraskar Bombay in 1992 presented by the then President of India, Dr Gyani Zail Singh, are a few to name. Another award, the first Amrita Keerthi Puraskaram (award)<ref>http://www.amritapuri.org/activity/cultural/amritakeerti</ref> was also bestowed to Acharya Narendra Bhooshan. He also received Veda Ratna award in 2007 from Kashyapa Veda Research Institute, [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20070620/693218.html|title=Narendra Bhushan bags Veda Ratna award|website=news.webindia123.com}}</ref> He was among the panel of scholars to prepare the History of Vedic literature in 1988 for the [[Kerala Sahithya Academy|Kerala Sahitya Academy]]. The work was published by the Academy in 1991. He also served as a member in the selection committee for Academy Award of [[Kerala Sahithya Academy|Kerala Sahitya Academy]]. He was entrusted by the Kerala state language institute to prepare the history of the three reformation movements of the 19th century, the [[Arya Samaj]], the [[Brahmo Samaj|Brahma Samaj]] and [[Prarthana Samaj]].<ref name="aryasamajkerala1"/> Another work by Pt. Veda Bandhu Sharma is under the process of publication under his editorship entitled the Nirukta Pravesika of Yaskka Muni. In 2009 he decided to reject the title ACHARAYA.

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