Saint Ravidasa

Subject: Arts and culture

Context:

Earth and water have been collected from each sacred river and important pilgrimage centre like birthplace of SantRavidas in Kashi and from Delhi’s Jain Lal Mandir and Gurudwara Sis Gunj for construction temple at Ayodhya.

Concept:

• Ravidas of 15th or 16th century, was a mystic and poet who was one of the most renowned of the saints of the North Indian bhakti movement. He was born in Varanasi.
• He belonged to nirgun bhakti tradition that valued the worship of a formless God 
• He was considered as a spiritual Guru of the Meera Bai
• He formed his distinct identity so his disciples came to be known Ravidas-panthis.
• The AdiGranth of Sikhs, and Panchvani of the Hindu DaduPanthisare the two oldest attested sources of the literary works of Ravidas.