Sant Ravidas used to give the message of social unity

Today is Ravidas Jayanti. Satguru Ravidas is one of those great saints of India who through his creations gave the message of unity, brotherhood to the whole world. He tried to end the evils spread in the society throughout his life, so let us tell you some things to Sant Ravidas.

Know about Guru Ravidas Jayanti

Ravidas Jayanti is the main festival. This year Guru Ravidas Jayanti is on 27th February. The birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas ji is celebrated every year on the day of Magha Purnima. The life of Sant Shiromani Ravidas is full of such wonderful incidents, which inspire such qualities as kindness, love, forgiveness, patience, harmony, equality, truthfulness and universal brotherhood. In the Bhakti era of the 14th century, he was born as the son of Raghu and Karmabai in Manduadih village of Kashi on Sunday on Maghi Purnima. He tried to establish an ideal society through his creations. The servants of Ravidas ji also call him by the names "Satguru", "Jagatguru" etc.

Sant Ravidas was against the caste based caste system

Sant Ravidas was different from his contemporary thinkers, he tried to remove various social evils through his creations. He was also against the caste system based on birth and caste.

Know interesting story about Sant Ravidas

Sant Ravidas was a great saint. There is also an interesting story about him. According to this story, once a Pandit ji came to him to buy shoes for bathing in the Ganges. Pandit ji told about the worship of Ganga to Ravidas. He gave the shoes to the Pandit without taking any money and requested that one of his supari should be presented to Ganga Maiya. The loyalty of the saint was so deep that when Pandit ji presented a betel nut to Ganga, Ganga herself accepted it. An inspiring incident from the life of Sant Ravidas is that a sage, pleased with his service, gave him a Paras stone while walking and told him to use it to eradicate his poverty. When he came back a few months later, he was surprised to find Sant Ravidas in the same condition. When the monk asked about the Paras stone, the saint said that it has been kept in the same place where you had gone.

Sant Ravidas used to emphasize on social unity

Sant Ravidas was very talented and composed different types of couplets and verses. The specialty of his works was that his writings had a message for the society. He emphasized on increasing social unity by eradicating caste discrimination through his works. By establishing humanistic values, he stressed on the establishment of such a society in which there is no discrimination, greed-greed and poverty.

Sant Ravidas was known by many names

Sant Ravidas was very popular all over India. He was called Ravidas in Punjab. He was also known as Raidas in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In Bengal he is known as Ruidas. Along with this, people of Gujarat and Maharashtra also knew him by the name of Rohidas.

Sant Ravidas was of very kind nature

Sant Ravidas was of a very kind nature. He used to give shoes to many people without taking any money. He never shied away from helping others. At the same time, he also took great pleasure in serving the saints.

There is a temple of Sant Ravidas in Varanasi

There is a grand temple of Sant Ravidas in Banasar city of Uttar Pradesh and people of all religions come to visit there.