Bhagat Ravidas
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Bhagat Ravidas was a 15th–16th century North Indian saint, poet, and social reformer of the Bhakti movement, revered for his devotional hymns promoting spiritual equality and opposition to caste discrimination.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhagat Ravidas canonical | 2 |
| Ravidas | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2526240 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bhagat Ravidas Context triple: [Guru Granth Sahib, containsHymnsOf, Bhagat Ravidas]
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A.
Bhagat Kabir
Bhagat Kabir was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint whose devotional verses, emphasizing a formless God and critiquing religious orthodoxy, are revered in both Hindu and Sikh traditions.
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B.
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.
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C.
Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet and humanist whose mystical verses profoundly shaped Punjabi literature and spiritual thought.
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D.
Bhagat
Bhagat is the given name of Bhagat Singh, the prominent Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter against British colonial rule.
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E.
Sri Guru
Sri Guru is a revered honorific title used for Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru and a central figure in Sikh history and theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bhagat Ravidas Target entity description: Bhagat Ravidas was a 15th–16th century North Indian saint, poet, and social reformer of the Bhakti movement, revered for his devotional hymns promoting spiritual equality and opposition to caste discrimination.
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A.
Bhagat Kabir
Bhagat Kabir was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint whose devotional verses, emphasizing a formless God and critiquing religious orthodoxy, are revered in both Hindu and Sikh traditions.
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B.
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.
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C.
Bulleh Shah
Bulleh Shah was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet and humanist whose mystical verses profoundly shaped Punjabi literature and spiritual thought.
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D.
Bhagat
Bhagat is the given name of Bhagat Singh, the prominent Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter against British colonial rule.
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E.
Sri Guru
Sri Guru is a revered honorific title used for Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru and a central figure in Sikh history and theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bhakti movement poet
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devotional poet ⓘ religious leader ⓘ saint ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| advocated |
abolition of untouchability
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dignity of labor ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Begampura ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Varanasi district
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surface form:
Varanasi region (traditional attribution)
|
| casteBackground | leather-working community (Chamar) ⓘ |
| centuryActive |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| commemoration | Ravidas Jayanti ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Guru Nanak
ⓘ
Bhagat Kabir ⓘ
surface form:
Kabir
|
| coreTeaching |
God resides in every heart
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no one is high or low by birth ⓘ true religion is love and devotion to God ⓘ |
| described | Begampura as a city without sorrow ⓘ |
| devotionalStyle |
bhajan
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shabad ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bhakti movement in North India
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Dalit movements in India ⓘ Ravidassia community ⓘ |
| knownFor |
devotional hymns
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opposition to caste discrimination ⓘ promoting spiritual equality ⓘ |
| language |
Braj region
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surface form:
Braj
Hindi ⓘ |
| legacy | Ravidas temples and deras in India and abroad ⓘ |
| movement | Bhakti movement ⓘ |
| name |
Bhagat Ravidas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ravidas
|
| numberOfHymnsInGuruGranthSahib | 40 ⓘ |
| opposed | caste system ⓘ |
| philosophy |
equality of all human beings
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nirguna bhakti ⓘ |
| region |
northern India
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surface form:
North India
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| reveredAs | Guru by Ravidassia community ⓘ |
| scriptureInclusion | Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ |
| socialStatus | Dalit ⓘ |
| taught |
devotion to a formless God
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inner purity over ritual purity ⓘ universal brotherhood ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Hindus
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Ravidassia community ⓘ Sikh people ⓘ
surface form:
Sikhs
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bhagat Ravidas Description of subject: Bhagat Ravidas was a 15th–16th century North Indian saint, poet, and social reformer of the Bhakti movement, revered for his devotional hymns promoting spiritual equality and opposition to caste discrimination.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ravidas
this entity surface form:
Ravidas