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He is remembered by his stedafast challenge to the caste system: "A family that has true followers of the Lord is neither high caste, nor low caste, lordly or poor"''Adi Granth'' 29, cited in Hawley, John S. and Jurgensmeyer, Mark (eds.), ''Songs of the Saints of India'' (2005) p.17, Oxford University Press ,ISBN 0195052218 :How to escape? I recite the name Ram. :Lord, if you are sandalwood, I am water; :with the fragrance in all parts of my body. :Lord, if you are a cloud, I am a peacock; :looking for you like a chakora for the moon. :Lord, if you are a lamp, I am the wick (bAti); :with the light burning day and night. :Lord, if you are a pearl, I am the thread; :together like gold and suhaga. :Lord, you are the master and I servant; :thus is the devotion of Raidas.''Guru Ravidass Marg'', Harnam Singh Lakha, Shri Guru Ravidass Sabha U.K. undated. Forty-one of his writings have been included in the Sikh's Holy Book " Guru Granth Sahib ". There is also a larger body of hymns passed on independently of the Guru Granth Sahib. Ravidas is venerated in particular by the Ravidasi or Ad-dharmi religious movement. Launched in 1920 in Punjab , this is a monotheistic faith. It has a number of branches in the United Kingdom , especially in the Midlands. SEEL ALSO
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