{"id":113444,"date":"2026-07-16T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113444"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:55:14","slug":"ravidassias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ravidassias\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravidassias"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ravidassias Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, members of the Ravidassia community gathered in Punjab to renew calls for a longstanding demand for the creation of a separate \u201cRavidassia religion\u201d category in the Census.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ravidassias<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ravidassias are a <\/span><b>Dalit community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which follows a spiritual path based on the teachings of <\/span><b>Shri Guru Ravidas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They live in the <\/span><b>Doaba region of Punjab<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which includes districts such as Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshar and Jalandhar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Features of<\/b> <b>Ravidassias Community<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Holy Book:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Ravidassia community adopted <\/span><b>the Amrit Bani of Guru Ravidas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as its holy book which contains <\/span><b>200 hymns of Guru Ravidas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Concept of Begampura:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is an ideal concept given by <\/span><b>Guru Ravidas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which explains a city without sorrow, fear, or inequality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Sacred Site:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Seer <\/span><b>Goverdhanpur in Varanasi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Uttar Pradesh)is one of the most important pilgrimage locations of the Ravidassia tradition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Who was Guru Ravidas?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guru Ravidas <\/span><b>(1377-1527 C.E.)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a renowned saint known for his contributions to the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/bhakti-movements-in-north-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bhakti movement<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guru Ravidas is also known as Raidas, Rohidas, and Ruhidas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ravidas is traditionally seen as a student of <\/span><b>the bhakti-poet Ramananda.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is also thought to have lived <\/span><b>around the same time as poet Kabir<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Philosophy and Teachings<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The core of Guru Ravidas\u2019s philosophy <\/span><b>was the rejection of the caste system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the promotion of human rights and dignity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He <\/span><b>envisioned a society called \u2018Beghumpura\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a city without sorrow), where there is no suffering, no fear, and no discrimination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He emphasised the <\/span><b>philosophy of spiritual freedom.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He <\/span><b>abandoned the saguna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (with attributes, image) forms of supreme beings and <\/span><b>focussed on the nirguna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (without attributes, abstract) form of supreme beings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/who-are-the-ravidassias-and-why-do-they-want-a-separate-religion-category-in-census-10786612\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ravidassias are a Dalit community which follows a spiritual path based on the teachings of Shri Guru Ravidas. 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