Ravidassias Community

Posted on January 18, 2022 by admin1 359

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The postponement of the Assembly elections in Punjab to February 20 underlines the importance of the Ravidassia community in the state.

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Who are the Ravidassias?

The Ravidassias are a Dalit community of whom the bulk — nearly 12 lakhs — live in the Doaba region.
The Dera Sachkhand Ballan, their largest dera with 20 lakh followers worldwide, was founded in the early 20th century by Baba Sant Pipal Das.
- From 2010, the Dera Sachkhand Ballan started replacing the Guru Granth Sahib with its own Granth, Amritbani, carrying 200 hymns of Guru Ravidas, in Ravidassia temples and gurdwaras.

Guru Ravidas

He was a mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti Movement from the 15th and 16th centuries and founded the Ravidassia religion.
Ravidas was born in Varanasi as a member of an untouchable leather-working caste, and his poems and songs often revolve around his low social position.
- Some 40 of the poems attributed to Ravidas were included in the Adi Granth (“First Volume”), the sacred scripture of Sikhism.

Source: IE

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