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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday offered prayers at Shri Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir in Delhi's Karol Bagh on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti.

The Prime Minister interacted with the devotees and also participated in the 'Shabad Kirtan' in the temple.

दिल्ली के श्री गुरु रविदास विश्राम धाम मंदिर में सदगुरु रविदास जी की भक्ति में लीन मा.प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी…#सबके_संत_रविदास pic.twitter.com/ifNZklfjo1

— Dr. Mahendra Singh (@bjpdrmahendra) February 16, 2022

Sant Ravidas belonged to the bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century and his hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.

He is considered the founder of the 21st-century Ravidassia religion. Ravidas Jayanti is celebrated on Magh Purnima, which is the full moon day of the Magh month as per the Hindu calendar.

While the Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will pay her respects to Guru Ravidas at his birthplace in Varanasi on Wednesday.

She will be accompanied by her brother and former Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi.

"Na tasvees khiraju na maal..khuf na khata na paras jawal..kaim daim sada patisahi, dom na sem ek so ahi...jo hum sehri, su meet hamara (a popular couplet of Guru Ravidas). Like every year, I will bow my head at the birthplace of Sant Shiromani Ravidas Ji Maharaj in Varanasi. I feel happier going there with my brother today," said Vadra in a tweet.

"न तसवीस खिराजु न माल ।। खउफ न खता न तरस जवाल...काइम दाइम सदा पातिसाही, दोम न सेम एक सो आही...जो हम सहरी, सु मीत हमारा।।"

हर साल की तरह आज के दिन वाराणसी स्थित संत शिरोमणि श्री गुरु रविदास जी महाराज की जन्मस्थली पर मत्था टेकूँगी। आज भाई के साथ जाने में और भी ख़ुशी हो रही है। pic.twitter.com/vb4PM6YCNF

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) February 16, 2022