Explore the rich history of Ramdasia Sikhs, from humble beginnings in leather work to key roles in the military, and their journey towards equality.
Discover Ravidas, poet and mystic from Varanasi. Renowned for devotional hymns in Guru Granth Sahib, he transcended caste and worshipped the Supreme Being.
DHANNA, BHAGAT (b. 1415?), one of the medieval saints whose bani has been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, describes himself in a hymn, in Raga Asa, as an ignorant Jatt and explains how he was attracted to the worship of God by the examples of Namdev (a calicoprinter), Kabir (a weaver), Ravidas (a cobbler) and Sain (a barber). Nabhadas, Bhaktamal, includes Dhanna among the twelve disciples of Ramanand (1299-1410), though it has been questioned if all the twelve did indeed live at the same time. Max Arthur Macauliffe fixes AD 1415 as the year of Dhanna`s birth, but his name nowhere appears in the writings of Kabir (f7. 15th century) or Ravidas (fl. 15th century).
Discover how Pingala, a comely prostitute, found emancipation through introspection and devotion to the Lord in this inspiring tale of redemption.
