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Guru Ravidas Birthday 2016

Date: 
Monday, February 22, 2016

Public Holiday in many states.

Ravidas was a North Indian mystic poet-sant of the bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE.

Venerated as a Guru in the region of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, the devotional songs of Ravidas made a lasting impact upon the bhakti movement.

A poet-saint, social reformer and a spiritual figure.

Considered as the founder of 21st-century Ravidassia religion, by a group who previously were associated with Sikhism.

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