Guru Ravidas

Feb. 5, 2023

The President of India greeted fellow citizens on the eve of the birthday of Sant Guru Ravidas.

About Guru Ravidas:

  • Guru Ravidas Jayanthi is commemorated on Magh Purnima, the day of the full moon in the month of Magh, according to the Hindu Lunar calendar.
  • Guru Ravidas was a 14th-century famous Bhakti Movement saint.
  • He abandoned saguna (with attributes, image) forms of supreme beings, and focussed on the nirguna (without attributes, abstract) form of supreme beings.
  • Ravidas was a disciple of Sant Kabir and the founder of the Ravidassia religion.
  • The Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, contains forty-one of his devotional songs and poems.
  • The famous saint poetess, Mirabai was a disciple of Guru Ravidas. 

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