The Guruvayoor Campus came into being on 16-07-79 consequent upon the takeover of the Guruvayoor Sahitya Deepika Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at Pavaratty near Guruvayoor, which was founded by Late Sri.P.T. The earstwhile Vidyapeetha had attained reputation in and outside the state of Kerala as a center of Sanskrit Learning imparting knowledge at graduate and Post graduate levels with affiliation to Madra
s University in 1934, Kerala University in 1958 and Calicut University in 1968. This abode of ancient traditional status got affiliation with Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan under Ministry of H.R.D. of India, with effect from January 1970. On 7th May 2002, the institution was declared as a campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Deemed University, New Delhi.
