On September 20, 1928 (Kanni 5th in the Malayalam calendar), Sree Narayana Guru is said to have told a disciple entering his room, "Rahu has eclipsed us. Now it is time to go”. Later that afternoon, he began trying to sit up, declaring, "We must get up, I feel a great peace”. He was then helped into a cross-legged sitting position. Through all this, Sri Vidyananda Swami, seated near Guru, was reading ‘Jeevanmukti Prakaranam’ from ‘Yoga Vasishta’. While the part describing the attainment of liberation was being read out, Guru, immersed in meditation, gently shed his physical body and attained Samadhi. From Sree Narayana Mutt in Sivagiri, the temple bells rang continuously announcing Guru's Samadhi. Afterwards, people streamed into the Sivagiri Mutt.
Today, Sivagiri stands as a revered global center of worship. On the Sivagiri hill, where Guru's physical remains were interred, devotees later erected a magnificent Mahasamadhi Pavilion. Daily, people from diverse countries arrive to worship at the Mahasamadhi and the Sarada Mutt.
During his lifetime, Sree Narayana Guru received unparalleled recognition and respect from other spiritual masters. People, acknowledging his profound spiritual power, brought their personal and social challenges before him. Guru not only offered solutions but also illuminated pathways for people to awaken their lives. The core objective of restoring human values, which were drifting away from humanity, permeated all of Guru's thoughts, words, and creations. What emanated from Guru was not mere literal religious injunctions, but rather solutions on how to eliminate the distortions that religion itself had imposed. He championed the concept of a virtuous human being. Guru was a social reformer, a non-dualist, a spiritual master, and a poet. The straightforward path he illuminated against societal evils earned him immense respect even in his lifetime, solidifying his status as one of the twentieth century's greatest personalities.
