The Guruvayur Satyagraha was led by K. Kelappan, who undertook a hunger strike for 12 days until it was abandoned because of a request from Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
[1] Gandhi hailed it as "the miracle of modern times" and "a smriti which is peoples charter of spiritual emancipation".
[2] When Samuthiri, the temple trustee, was reluctant to concede[clarification needed] as the second phase of the struggle K.Kelappan and Manathu Padmanabhan started fast unto death from 22 September 1932 onwards.
[citation needed] One of the major incidents that happened was the assault of A.K Gopalan by the opponents of the satyagraha movement.
[1] Subsequently, there was an opinion poll held at Ponnani taluk in which 77 per cent favoured the entry of all castes into the temples.