Sant Ravidas Ghat is the southernmost and largest
ghat
Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could refer either to a range of stepped hills with valleys (ghati in Hindi), such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of ...
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Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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To most visitors to Varanasi, it is known for being an important religious place for
Ravidasis with a 25 acres park known as ''Sant Ravidas Smarak Park''.
History
Ravidas Ghat was announced for the creation in February 2008,
during 2008 ''Golden
Palki
Palki ( fa, پلكي, also Romanized as Palkī) is a village in Nakhlestan Rural District, in the Central District of Kahnuj County, Kerman Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...
Shobha Yatra'' at
Sant Ravidas temple on the saint's 631st birth
and inaugurated in 2009 by Chief Minister
Mayawati
Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social cha ...
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Tourism and popular culture
''Sant Ravidas Ghat'' is nearly 13 minutes drive from
Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan
Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir, Seer Goverdhanpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India is the ultimate place of pilgrimage or religious headquarters for followers of the Ravidasi religion from communities like Ad-Dharmis, Ramdasia Sikhs, ...
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Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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The place is well known for religious tourism by devotees of
Guru Ravidas
Ravidas or Raidas, was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a ''guru'' (teacher) in the modern regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Pu ...
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Sant Ravidas Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals like
Dev Deepawali and Ganga Mahotsav.
There is a proposed
helium balloon ride facility is at Sant Ravidas Ghat as a tourist attraction.
See also
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Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan
Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir, Seer Goverdhanpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India is the ultimate place of pilgrimage or religious headquarters for followers of the Ravidasi religion from communities like Ad-Dharmis, Ramdasia Sikhs, ...
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Shri Guru Ravidas Gurughar
Shri Guru Ravidas Gurughar, Tughlakabad (or Ravidas Temple Tughlakabad or Guru Ravidas Temple) is one of the important religious places of Ravidasi communities like Ad-Dharmis, Ramdasia Sikhs, Chamars, Jatavs, and Mochis. It is situated at T ...
References
External links
Mayawati's speech on Sant Ravidas Ghat{{commons category, Ravidas Ghat
Ghats in Varanasi