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Fails WP:GNG / WP:BIO. Currently, two sources are used – first source has a very brief mention about “Bodhananda” and second source is not WP:RS – it is a tourism website. Few sources are seen in searches for the term “Bodhananda”, but none seems to be talking about this “Bodhananda”. Asteramellus (talk) 01:00, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Hinduism, and India. Shellwood (talk) 01:03, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kerala-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 03:22, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: I think this nomination is jumping the gun a bit. While the article is a stub and needs a lot of work, that doesn’t mean the subject himself lacks notability. Bodhananda was the designated successor to Narayana Guru and the first president of the Dharma Sangham, which is a massive deal in the context of Kerala’s social and religious history. I did a quick search and found him mentioned in plenty of books regarding the Kerala Renaissance; he’s not some obscure figure nobody talks about. We should be expanding this, not deleting it. So yeah, I strongly disagree with the deletion. Jībanmṛta^message 05:18, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks. If possible, can you list couple of books you have found? Like Enervation (who has commented below), the sources I found seems has different subject than the “Bodhananda” article. I would be happy to help expand the article if we have WP:RS. The source that Kelob2678 gave below, I opened it with a translator and has good details, but to meet WP:BASIC, we need multiple secondary sources that are “independent of the subject”. Asteramellus (talk) 22:37, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Bodhananda Swami – website

  Bodhananda Swami – website

  Asokan Vengassery Krishnan’s Sree Narayana Guru: The Perfect Union of Buddha and Sankara – book

  M.K. Sanu’s Sree Narayana Guru – book Jībanmṛta^message 05:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Bodhananda appears many times in Google Books. I wasn’t easily able to identify books that cover the subject in substantive depth, besides A Social History of India (which is only one source). I believe the subject of the author is different from Swami Bodhananda, who apparently has authored many books. However, I don’t have prior familiarity with this topic. Enervation (talk) 07:58, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep An article on him in Kerala Kaumudi, together with the source above, is enough. The article in Malayalam Wikipedia is detailed enough to believe that this can be expanded as well. Kelob2678 (talk) 10:30, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Are they on same Bodhananda ? The New York Times, The Hindu ? I am a bit confused ? AlphaCore talk 23:26, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @Asteramellus, @User:Dayaanjali @Kelob2678 AlphaCore talk 23:29, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I don’t think the NYT article is about this person. According to both Wikipedia articles, the subject lived in South Asia and died in 1928. However, the person mentioned in the NYT died in 1950 and lived in the USA. While Bodhananda mentioned in The Hindu was still alive in 2024. Kelob2678 (talk) 23:34, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The Hindu link seems for a person from a similar area who is living in 2024, but this article is for Bodhananda (1883-1928). The NYT article Swami Bodhananda is from Ramakrishna Mission. So, both unrelated. Asteramellus (talk) 23:48, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

* Keep: Bodhananda is the successor of Narayana Guru after his death, appointed by Narayana Guru before his death. Before becoming Narayana Guru’s disciple he is famous in kerala for his own way of spirituality and reformation. دثلميح (talk) 01:10, 18 December 2025 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE. ~SG5536B 02:52, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]