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SwamiGuruji Murugan
Guruji Murugan Chillayah in Uttarakhand, Himalaya, India (2015)
Personal life
BornMurugan Chillayah
(1978-11-22) 22 November 1978 (age 46)
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia)
HonorsGuruji
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
Founder ofSilambam Asia,
World Silambam Association,
World Yoga Association
PhilosophyHatha yoga, Indian Martial Arts
Religious career
GuruMahaguru Ambiga Arumugam, Grandmaster Cheung, Shihan Chua Yeow Kee, Swami Sudhir Anand
Tamil is written in a non-Latin script. Tamil text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard.

Murugan Chillayah, also well-known as Guruji Murugan (Template:Lang-ta) (born November 22, 1978), is a Malaysian Indian of Indian ancestry who is a teacher of several Indian traditional arts, a yoga guru, and a spiritual leader. He is frequently referred to as Guruji (honorific). He was initiated as a guru in 1996 during Arrangetram (the debut performance in public for Indian traditional arts) in Sri Subramaniar Temple, Malaysia, and since then has been teaching traditional yoga that carries out educational and spiritual activities such as pranayama, meditation, and asana, which are integrated with Silambam, Kuttu Varisai, and Varma Kalai. In 2014, Murugan took part in the Upanayana rite of passage ceremony. He has been initiated as a Brahmacharya and took vows of renunciation, with the full ceremony conducted to adopt the Sannyasa pathway in Rishikesh, India. He is the founder and chairperson of the Silambam Asia, World Silambam Association, and World Yoga Association. Guruji also advocates and leads many international initiatives for the Indian Traditional Arts of 5R (Research, Revive, Rejuvenate, Restore, and Retention) in partnership with United Nations SDGS programs, ACT4SDG for Yoga, ACT4SDG for Silambam and many others.

Biography

Early life

Murugan Chillayah was born in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, to Saradamah (mother) and Chillayah (father). He was named Murugan (an Indian name for the son of the Hindu god Shiva and goddess Parvati) after an old holy monk with a lengthy full beard appeared at the house doorstep to name the unborn son as his mother’s expected birth in two weeks during Karthigai (Kartika) month. He has a younger brother and a younger sister.

Education

Murugan initially attended a government school, both primary school and secondary school, in Subang Jaya, with a curriculum equivalent to Cambridge GCE O Level, and left Malaysia to study a Diploma in International Business Management at IBMEC, a private business college in Somerset, Singapore, but never completed it because of a constricted working schedule in the Police Force. Later, he returned to Malaysia and served in the Malaysian Armed Forces. He then pursued major degree studies for a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of People, California, United States.

Initiation

At the very young age of nine years old, Murugan already began to pursue study in Indian traditional arts at a gurukula system under one of his principal gurus, notable grandmaster Ambiga from Malaysia of the Indian traditional martial arts known as Kuttu Varisai and Silambam. At the same time, he learned the Korean form of art under notable grandmaster Cheung in Malaysia. In 1996, he was certified and initiated as a Guru of Silambam in Sri Subramaniar Temple, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia. In 1999, he left Malaysia to learn the Japanese form of art, Kyokushinkaikan, under Shihan Chua Yeow Kee in Singapore.

He then went to Rishikesh, India, to further study yogic practices and meditation under the guidance of Swami Sudhir Anand. Upon completion, he started a pilgrimage to a shrine and sacred places in the Himalayas range of India, where he studied Hindu philosophical and religious texts, yoga philosophy, traditions of yoga, and asceticism.

In Omkarananda Dipeshwar Mandir, Rishikesh, located near the Ganga River, Murugan took part in the Upanayana rite of passage ceremony. He was also initiated as a Brahmacharya and took vows of renunciation, with the full ceremony conducted to adopt the Sannyasa pathway.

Thereafter, he traveled further upstream of the Ganga River to reside with several sadhus and yogis in every part of Uttarakhand until he reached Gangotri, where he learned interrelation and interconnection of traditional yoga with nature of five elements (maha pancha-bhuta), spirituality, tantra, and penance with several ascetic yogis living isolated in the majestic Himalayan mountains.

Founding the Silambam Asia

Main article: Silambam Asia

On November 22, 1999, the primary name of Silambam, which originated from the ancient Tamil Nadu State of India, was documented by Guruji Murugan Chillayah to become the official organization name to provide Indian traditional arts and sports for education, health, fitness, culture, nature, climate change, recreation, and dissemination work. The primary name, Silambam, was legally registered and recognized as a formalized organization after receiving security clearance approval from the Regulatory Authority.

It was followed by the formation of Silambam Asia (SILA) (Template:Lang-ta) (IAST: Silambam Āsiyā), registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs (JPPM) in Malaysia with members from twelve countries on the Asia continent and officially recognized by the United Nations, which has expanded and grown further throughout the Asia continent and worldwide. Subsequently, Silambam Asia in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to preserve and safeguard the Indian traditional arts, sports, cultural, and educational content within Silambam at the regional or continental level.

Founding the World Silambam Association

Main article: World Silambam Association

It was followed by the formation of the World Silambam Association, which was established with the Ministry of Home Affairs (JPPM) in Malaysia and is rapidly expanding to preserve and safeguard the essence of Silambam worldwide, being registered by Guruji Murugan Chillayah to become the official organization name to provide Indian traditional arts and sports for education, health, fitness, culture, nature, climate change, recreation, and dissemination work. The World Silambam Association (WSA) was officially recognized by the United Nations and is in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Founding the World Yoga Association

Murugan in UIA-TCEB during 7th. Round Table Asia-Pacific 2019 in Pattaya, Thailand. Honored and welcomed by Director of Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) Mr. Sutichai Bunditvorapoom.

The World Yoga Association was established with the Ministry of Home Affairs (JPPM) in Malaysia to conserve the traditional practice of yoga, propagate its benefits, and preserve and safeguard the essence of traditional yoga worldwide. Their programs aim at relieving stress and imparting peace. The main teachings include traditional meditation, asanas training, and yoga teachers' training. In 2018, it was officially recognized in partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the program of Indian Traditional Arts: 5R (Research, Revive, Rejuvenate, Restore, and Retention) to provide Indian traditional arts and sports for education, health, fitness, culture, nature, climate change, recreation, and dissemination work.

Teachings and philosophy

Spirituality

Murugan providing practical training for children in the school in Malaysia.

He believes ancient science and spirituality are linked and compatible, which helps enhance human values such as self-realization, love, compassion, and discipline. It is not limited to any one religion or culture. He plans and carries out activities related to Indian traditional arts and sports for education, health, fitness, culture, nature, climate change, and recreational programs such as Silambam, Kuttu Varisai, traditional yoga, and Varma Kalai for everyone regardless of age, color, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, or disability. He feels we share the spiritual bond between living beings and nature, which is more prominent in his programs by offering technical and practical tools to help accomplish this.

Peace and humanitarian work

Redefining Global Tribes

Murugan meets Minister of Tourism, Art, Culture, Youth, and Sports Dato Sri Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah and delegates from the University of Malaya at the Redefining Global Tribes event organized by the Sarawak Convention Bureau in Kuala Lumpur, 2017.

In 2017, Sarawak Convention invited Murugan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in effort to bring Indian traditional arts community to be together in unity to construct a stronger identity for Malaysia’s economy.

United Nations Governance Policy Forum

He initiated a series of practical courses in spirituality travelled to giving talks and arranging conferences in Malaysia and around the globe about Indian traditional arts and ancient science by bringing into the education system and technology platform. He also helping communities to setting up several training programs and guide those to re-organizing training centers for better exposure for community worldwide. In 2018, he travelled to UNESCO head office in Paris, France for United Nations Governance Policy Forum, in greater good effort to convey Indian traditional arts, culture and practices to get into technology platform to boost dissemination work and visibility worldwide.

Signatory for international human rights

As a world already wracked by multiple crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, other health crises, education or illiteracy problems, and escalating climate change, the conflict in Ukraine is tearing through fragile communities, causing displacement and loss of homes and livelihoods, especially for children, youth, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

He was involved with civil society groups as a signatory from the five continents of the world working together for a peaceful, just, sustainable, and prosperous world, jointly participating in the call for a negotiated solution to end the war in Ukraine as promptly and swiftly as possible by including an immediate cessation of hostilities against civilians and the removal of Russian military forces and weaponry from Ukraine, coupled with an agreed statement and provision of security assurances by and for all parties. He supports the call on member states to remember the founding vision of the United Nations and its Security Council, to deliver and avoid any kind of war that may cause the suffering of humankind or nature, and to meet the 2030 Agenda, which sets out a path towards a peaceful, fair, sustainable, and prosperous world.

The humanitarian and economic crisis triggered by the pandemic is threatening the well-being of billions of people and risks derailing the global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and react to the escalating climate emergency. To ensure that development aid is not diverted but reinforces humanitarian response to the crisis and to ensure that emergency responses are aligned with developing country priorities without conditionality. Guruji Murugan signed for call on governments to commit to implement the recommendations and highlighted in the Finance Ministers meeting at the UN on 8th September 2020, while abiding by the human rights framework, to ensuring gender equality and, environmental integrity.

See also

References

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  2. Act4SDGs (27 September 2022). "ACT4SDGs - World Yoga Association". Global week to Act4SDGs. Retrieved 23 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Act4SDGs (27 September 2022). "ACT4SDGs - World Silambam Association". Global week to Act4SDGs. Retrieved 23 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  20. CSO FfD Mechanism Group (September 2020). "Global Economic Solutions Now! Open Letter to Heads of State Meeting at the United Nations" (PDF). Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Mechanism. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

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Other sources

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