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In the end, the King was convinced and became a follower of Guru Ravidass Ji.

ISBN . By continuing his leatherwork while dressing like a priest, he demonstrated that lower castes could achieve dignity and social mobility without compromising their identity or resorting to violence. At another level, the legends are an inter-communal, inter-religious struggle with an underlying search and desire for social unity.

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In a low caste you were born, you have no right to perform rituals. He is often given the honorific Guru. Over time new manuscripts of Parcais of Anantadas were reproduced, some in different local languages of India.^[16] Winnand Callewaert notes that some 30 manuscripts of Anantadas's hagiography on Ravidas have been found in different parts of India.^[17] Of these four manuscripts are complete, collated and have been dated to 1662, 1665, 1676 and 1687.

How long shall I consider and proclaim: absorb the self into the Self? All other activities are false except the remembrance of Hari.)

In medieval India, bhakti was largely confined to upper castes, and lower castes were often barred from practising it. Instead, he took pride in it, using it as a tool of resistance against caste oppression.

Despite wearing the attire of priests, Guru Ravidass did not seek to elevate priesthood or claim superiority.

6 February 2012. Through his vision of Begumpura and his ritual-free devotion, he offered a non-violent yet radical social revolution—one that empowered lower castes to assert their identity with dignity, without conforming to oppressive cultural norms.

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(The writer is Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chair Professor, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh.)

Who is Guru Ravidass

Guru Ravidass Ji (also Ravidas, Rohidas and Ruhidas in eastern India) was a North Indian Guru mystic of the bhakti movement who was active in the 15th century CE.

Venerated in the region of Uttar Pradesh as well as the Indian state of Maharashtra, his devotional songs and verses made a lasting impact upon the bhakti movement. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

↑ ^10.0^10.1^10.2^10.3^10.4^10.5^10.6Peter Friedlander (1996), Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition (Editor: Julia Leslie), Routledge, ISBN 978-0700703036, pages 106-114

↑ ^11.0^11.1^11.2Ravindra S Khare (1985), The Untouchable as Himself, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521263146, pages 41-47

↑ ^12.0^12.1^12.2^12.3^12.4Hardev Bahri.

As per our traditions, we give utmost respect to contemporary gurus also who are carrying forward the message of Guru Ravidass Ji.^[37]

Ravidassia religion is a spin off religion from Sikhism, formed in the 21st century, by the followers of Ravidass's teachings. Indianexpress.com. It reflected Guru Ravidass’s critical understanding of the socio-economic and political conditions of his time.

Harbans Singh; et al. Ravidas, in contrast, argues from the latter premise to the effect that both are one.^[32] In these manuscripts, Kabir initially prevails, Ravidas accepts that Brahman is monistic, but towards the end Kabir also accepts that worshipping a divine avatar (sagun conception) is a means to realizing the Oneness and the presence of the divine in everyone, everything.^[32]

One man: two divergent claims on his views and philosophy

Ravindra Khare^[33] states that there are two divergent versions that emerge from the study of texts relating to Ravidas's philosophy.

The term means the city where there is no suffering or fear, and all are equal.^[40]

Ravidas and Meera

There is a small chhatri (umbrella) in front of Meera’s temple in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan which bears Ravidas’ engraved foot print.^[41] Legends link him as the Guru of Meera, another major bhakti movement poet, but there is no historical evidence that they ever met.^[28]

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