GURU RAVIDAS

About: 

• He was a Dalit-poet saint from the Bhakti movement era in northern India who probably lived during the 14^th to 16^th .
  
  
• He belonged to a community whose profession involved processing dead animals and their skins. 
  
  
• Key teachings: 
  • Everybody is equal in all respects, irrespective of caste, color or a belief in any form of God;
    
    
  • God created man and not man created God;
    
    
  • Emphasised on universal brotherhood and tolerance.
    
    
  • He abandoned saguna (with attributes, image) forms of supreme beings, and focussed on the nirguna (without attributes, abstract) form of supreme beings.
    
    
  
  
  
• Other Key facts:
  • The 41 hymns of Guru Ravidas have been included in the Guru Granth Sahib. 
    
    
  • The famous saint poetess, Mirabai was a disciple of Guru Ravidass.