Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2022: Know Date, Time & Historical Significance Of This Day

Guru Ravidas is a famous saint of the Bhakti Movement and revered for his works against casteism.

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 15 Feb 2022 10:47 AM (IST)

Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2022: Know Date, Time & Historical Significance Of This Day That Postponed Punjab Assembly Polls 2022 Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2022: Know Date, Time & Historical Significance Of This Day

Devotees leave Jammu Tawi station as they participate in the religious pilgrimage to the birthplace of Guru Ravidass, ahead of Ravidass Jayanti, in Varanasi, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2022: Guru Ravidas is a famous saint of the Bhakti Movement and revered for his spirituality and his work against casteism. Guru Ravidas is also known as Raidas, Rohidas or Ruhidas. February 16 will mark the 645th Birth Anniversary of Guru Ravidas. His devotional songs and verses made a lasting impact on the Bhakti Movement.

This year, to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas on February 16 the Election Commission (EC) postponed the single-phase state assembly poll date of Punjab from February 14 to February 20.

Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, various political parties, and other organisations had urged the EC to defer the voting as lakhs of followers of Guru Ravidas would travel to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the birth anniversary on Wednesday.

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Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2022: History & Significance

Guru Ravidas was born in 1377 C.E. at Mandhuadhe in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Believed to be born on Magha Purnima, his birth anniversary is celebrated on this day as per the Hindu lunar calendar. His birthplace is now known as Shri Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan and it is a major place of pilgrimage for the followers of Guru Ravidas.

Ravidas Jayanti holds a special significance among those following Ravidassia, a religious sect of Sikhism that follows Guru Ravidas including others who rever the saint-like some of the Kabirpanthis, Sikhs, and other gurus.

Shri Guru Ravidas Janma Sthan Public Charitable Trust of Varanasi has sent invitations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath for Sant Shri Guru Ravidas Jayanti (birth anniversary) celebrations to be held at Sant Shri Guru Ravidas Janmasthan Temple in Seer Goverdhanpur area of temple city on Wednesday.

Followers of Saint Ravidas have started arriving in the city from different parts of the world.