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.