Politicians of all hues make beeline for Ravidas temple | India News – Times of India

VARANASI: A procession of political heavyweights of completely different hues wound its option to Shir Goverdhanpur in UP’s Varanasi district on the 644th start anniversary of Sant Ravidas on Saturday, reinforcing the pull and energy of the mystic poet-seer who’s revered throughout states, particularly within the Dalit neighborhood.
Union oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had been among the many distinguished faces that paid obeisance on the shrine devoted to the saint in his birthplace. The celebrations had been toned down consistent with Covid protocols, however that neither deterred political functionaries, nor the frequent followers, from thronging the place. Union minister Pradhan was among the many first to achieve the temple with a gaggle of BJP colleagues. He sat on the toes of the Shri Guru Ravidas Janmasthal Charitable Trust’s chairman and head of the All India Ravidasiya Dharm, Sant Niranjan Das.
“I delivered the message of PM Modi to Sant Niranjan Das after seeking his blessings. The PM’s work and efforts for making India self-reliant are inspired by Sant Ravidas,” Pradhan mentioned.
Priyanka and Akhilesh roughly adopted the routine, providing prayers on the temple, assembly Sant Niranjan Das and partaking of prasad on the langar. Priyanka mentioned the philosophy of Sant Ravidas was to like, reside collectively peacefully and serve one another as one’s dharma. There isn’t any place for discrimination on the premise of caste and neighborhood in his teachings, she mentioned.
Akhilesh mentioned his occasion had pledged to hold ahead the legacy of Sant Ravidas, whom he described as an ideal social reformer, revolutionary and unbiased thinker.