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Guru Ravidas

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In news- Recently, the Election Commission has postponed Punjab elections 2022 by a week to February 20 in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti which falls on February 16.

A brief note on Guru Ravidas-

  • Ravidas, also called Raidas, of the 15th or 16th century, was a mystic, poet, saint of North Indian Bhakti movement  and founded the Ravidassia religion.
  • He was born in Varanasi as a member of an untouchable leather-working Chamar caste.
  • He was born in Magha Purnima, the full moon day in the month of Magh month.
  • His birth anniversary is celebrated as per the Hindu lunar calendar and therefore has no fixed date attached to it.
  • He was a renowned poet of the nirgun bhakti tradition that valued the worship of a formless God.
  • Along with Kabir, he was one of the most noted disciples of Bhagat Ramanand.
  • When the fifth Sikh guru Arjan Dev compiled in 1604 the Adi Granth, the key religious scripture of the Sikhs, he incorporated 41 verses of Bhakt Ravidas. 
  • He was vocal against the varna (caste) system and in his poetry, questioned caste hegemony, valued labour of all sorts, as well as a life of simplicity and morality. 
  • He imagined an egalitarian society called Begumpura, means “land without sorrow” where there would be no discrimination or exploitation.
  • He acknowledged Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva in his poetry as manifestations of God, but rejected celibacy, asceticism, penance, austerity, rituals, pilgrimage, idol worship and the authority of texts considered sacred. 
  • Ravidas is considered a symbol of caste assertion, Dalit identity, the resilience of Hinduism, and egalitarianism aspect of Sikhism all at the same time.
  • He chose the middle path between radical separation and assimilation.
  • He formed his distinct identity so his disciples came to be known as Ravidas-panthis.
  • In the 20th century, Sikh, Hindu, and even Muslims used to follow his teachings and they came to be known as Ravidassias.
  • The Ravidassia religion compiled a new holy book, Amritbani Guru Ravidass Ji which contains exclusive writings and teachings of Sant Ravidas.  
  • The Panch Vani text of the Dadupanthi tradition within Hinduism also includes numerous poems of Guru Ravidas.
  • Many legends link him as the guru of Meera, another major Bhakti movement poet.
  • The songs of Ravidas discuss Nirguna-Saguna themes and ideas that are at the foundation of Nath Yoga philosophy of Hinduism.
  • He has frequently mentioned the term ‘Sahaj’, a mystical state where there is a union of the truths of the many and the one.
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