Sant ravidas biography
Sant ravidas biography
Sant ravidas hindi.
Ravidas
13th-century Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement
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Ravidas at work as a shoemaker. Folio from a series featuring Bhakti saints. Master of the first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh of Guler, Pahari region, ca.1800–1810 | |
| Born | Banaras, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | Banaras, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Spouse | Lona Devi |
| Children | 1 |
| Known for | Venerated as a Guru and having hymns included in the Guru Granth Sahib, central figure of the Ravidassia, his 41 verses in Guru Granth Sahib |
| Other names | Raidas, Rohidas, Ruhi Dass, Robidas, Bhagat Ravidas, Guru Ravidas |
| Occupation | Poet, leather craftsman, satguru (spiritual teacher) |
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