HistoriCity: Ravidas – A cobbler’s son and his religion
With elections around the corner, the Ravidassia community of Punjab is being wooed once again. They identify as neither Sikh nor Hindu and follow the teachings of Saint Ravidas, or Raidas, who was born in Banaras in the medieval period, before the establishment of the Mughal empire. According to the several hagiographies, Kabir and Ravidas … Read more