• Guru Ravidas Jayanti is being celebrated all across the country today.

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• His influence on Indian culture is immense, especially in North India.
• Bhakti movement saint Guru Ravidas is well-known for making efforts in eradicating caste system.
• He was contemporary to Kabirdas and Mirabai was a disciple of Ravidas.
• Ravidas Jayanti has a special significance among the people following Ravidassia religion, a religion founded on the principles of Ravidas.
• His importance in Sikhism is denoted by the fact that 40 of his poems were included in the sacred ure of the religion, the Adi Granth.