GURU RAVIDAS

Feb. 22, 2021

President Ram Nath Kovind said India's constitutional values of social justice, freedom, equality and fraternity are in line with Guru Ravidas's philosophy of life. He said this while addressing 'Shri Guru Ravidas Vishva Mahapeeth Rashtriya Adhiveshan in New Delhi.

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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.

Source : All India Radio

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