THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 166th birth anniversary of Sree Narayana Guru will be observed on Wednesday. The birth anniversary will be observed in a lowkey manner and will include special pujas and community prayer as per COVID protocol. Other programmes such as Jayanti processions and meetings have been avoided due to the COVID pandemic.

The anniversary celebrations will be conducted in a low key manner at Guru's birthplace Chempazhanthy, Sivagiri, SNDP Yogam headquarters and its various branches.

While the special puja and community prayer will take place at 6 am at Chempazhanthy, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the Online Jayanti conference by 10 am. Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran will preside over the conference.