Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2021: Date, significance and why it is celebrated
The Jayanti is specially celebrated in North India including Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Also known as Raidas, Rohidas and Ruhidas - his devotional songs and verses created a lasting impact upon the Bhakti Movement. Around 40 of the poems accredited to Ravidas were included in the Adi Granth, the sacred scripture of Sikhism.
Feb 27, 2021, 08:05 AM IST
Guru Ravidas Jayanti—Why it is celebrated!
Our country has been home to many poets and saints. Similarly, the mystic saint-poet of the 'Bhakti movement'—Ravidas was born in the pious city of Varanasi.
Feb 22, 2016, 12:12 PM IST
