Overview
- The festival falls on Sunday, February 1, with the Purnima tithi from 5:52 am to 3:38 am on February 2, according to Drik Panchang.
- Devotees hold hymns, prayers, and processions, with a major gathering at the Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir in Varanasi.
- Guru Ravidas’s teachings stress equality for all, the divine within every being, respect for honest labour, Nirguna Bhakti, and simple living.
- Born in 1377 in Seer Govardhanpur near Varanasi, he is revered for hymns included in the Guru Granth Sahib and for guiding figures such as Meera Bai.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Punjab on February 1 to unveil the renaming of Adampur Airport as Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Airport and to inaugurate the new terminal at Halwara in Ludhiana.