Bhagat Ravidas

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Bhagat Ravidas was a 15th–16th century North Indian saint, poet, and social reformer of the Bhakti movement, revered for his devotional hymns promoting spiritual equality and opposition to caste discrimination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement poet
devotional poet
religious leader
saint
social reformer
advocated abolition of untouchability
dignity of labor
associatedConcept Begampura
birthPlace Varanasi district
surface form: Varanasi region (traditional attribution)
casteBackground leather-working community (Chamar)
centuryActive 15th century
16th century
commemoration Ravidas Jayanti
contemporaryOf Guru Nanak
Bhagat Kabir
surface form: Kabir
coreTeaching God resides in every heart
no one is high or low by birth
true religion is love and devotion to God
described Begampura as a city without sorrow
devotionalStyle bhajan
shabad
influenced Bhakti movement in North India
Dalit movements in India
Ravidassia community
knownFor devotional hymns
opposition to caste discrimination
promoting spiritual equality
language Braj region
surface form: Braj

Hindi
legacy Ravidas temples and deras in India and abroad
movement Bhakti movement
name Bhagat Ravidas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ravidas
numberOfHymnsInGuruGranthSahib 40
opposed caste system
philosophy equality of all human beings
nirguna bhakti
region northern India
surface form: North India
religion Hinduism
reveredAs Guru by Ravidassia community
scriptureInclusion Guru Granth Sahib
socialStatus Dalit
taught devotion to a formless God
inner purity over ritual purity
universal brotherhood
veneratedBy Hindus
Ravidassia community
Sikh people
surface form: Sikhs

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Guru Granth Sahib containsHymnsOf Bhagat Ravidas
Bhakti movement keyFigure Bhagat Ravidas
this entity surface form: Ravidas
Bhagat Ravidas name Bhagat Ravidas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ravidas
Bhagat Trilochan contemporaneousWith Bhagat Ravidas