GURU RAVIDAS

Feb. 10, 2020

Ravidas Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas, was celebrated across the country.

About:

  • He was a Dalit-poet saint from the Bhakti movement era in northern India who probably lived during the 14th to 16th He belonged to a leather-working Chamar community, whose profession involved processing dead animals and their skins.

  • The 41 hymns of Guru Ravidas have been included in the Guru Granth Sahib.

  • The famous saint poetess, Mirabai was a disciple of Guru Ravidas.

  • Key teachings:
    • Everybody is equal in all respects, irrespective of caste, color or a belief in any form of God; Emphasised on universal brotherhood and tolerance.

    • God created man and not man created God;

    • He abandoned saguna (with attributes, image) forms of supreme beings, and focussed on the nirguna (without attributes, abstract) form of supreme beings. 



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