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Parnasala (literally, a hermitage; in Sanskrit ‘parnasala’ means sacred groom) is a monument in the shape of a full bloomed lotus in pure white marble, located at Santhigiri Ashram, 21 km from Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A spiritual wonder set to bloom )〕 The monument serves as the final resting place for the body of Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru (1927–99), the founder of Santhigiri Ashram.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=spirituality is based on Guru Sishya lineage )〕 The Parnasala, which rises to a height of 91 ft., was dedicated to humanity by the President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, on August 13, 2010. It was opened for public worship on September 12, 2010. As the Guru espoused an inclusive, experiential spiritual path which transcends religious and ethnic divides, the Parnasala is open to all people for prayers and contemplation. A cynosure for spiritual aspirants and tourists, the monument daily attracts hundreds of visitors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amazing Lotus shaped Parnasala - Santhigiri Ashram )〕 == History and significance == Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru was born on September 1, 1927, in a simple family in Chandiroor village in the Alappuzha district of Kerala.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Life of Guru )〕 Named Karunakaran by his parents, he was a quiet, contemplative boy who his followers believe received mystical experiences since childhood. He left home at the age of 14 years to lead a monastic life. After serving in Varkala-based Sivagiri Mutt and its various institutions for 17 years, Guru, by then known as Karunakara Swami, moved to live permanently at Pothencode in 1968. The first form of the Guru’s ‘Parnasala’ (hermitage) was that of a thatched roof supported by four tapioca stems. In the 1970s, this simple structure was converted into a one-room tenement with a tiled roof. It was in these austere environs that Guru lived and daily met the people who thronged the simple hermitage looking for solutions to everyday problems, including chronic ailments, or in search of higher truths. After the Guru’s death on May 6, 1999, his followers interred his body in the Parnasala and raised it as a monument. The foundation stone for the Lotus Parnasala was placed by Sishyapoojitha Amritha Jnana Thapaswini, the foremost disciple of Guru and his spiritual successor, on November 17, 1999. The construction work went on uninterrupted for ten years, backed by the unstinted prayers and support of the Guru’s disciples and followers in different parts of the world such as the late former President of India, Sri K. R. Narayanan〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Narayanan's last rites to be performed by Santhigiri sanyasis )〕 and noted author, Sri O. V. Vijayan A lamp lit by Guru when he established the Ashram, has been kept burning ever since and is placed inside the Parnasala, which symbolises the Guru’s life and message of universal peace, spirituality and fraternity propagated through a Guru-Disciple order. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parnasala of Santhigiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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