Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Haryana Leaders Invoke Guru Ravidas’ Teachings at Temple Ceremony
Haryana held a ceremony to honor Guru Ravidas by installing his idol and opening a new temple.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said Guru Ravidas taught people to promote equality, service and harmony.
He described Begampura as an ideal society without sorrow, injustice or discrimination.
Saini announced Rs 31 lakh for a committee working in Guru Ravidas’ name.
He also said a large Guru Ravidas Dham was being built in Kurukshetra.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said Guru Ravidas supported equality, brotherhood and human welfare.
The leaders connected these ideas with government welfare programs and constitutional values.
They urged people to follow Guru Ravidas’ teachings in their daily lives.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini inaugurated a temple and installed Guru Ravidas’ idol in Jadaula village, Kaithal district.
Saini announced a Rs 31 lakh grant for the Sant Guru Ravidas Welfare Committee.
Saini said Guru Ravidas’ vision of “Begampura” represented a society without sorrow, injustice or discrimination.
A Guru Ravidas Dham is being built on approximately five acres at Umri in Kurukshetra at a cost of Rs 124 crore.
Saini said more than two lakh youths had received merit-based government jobs in Haryana over the last 12 years.
- Who
- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, former Rajya Sabha MP Ishwar Singh and other attendees.
- What
- An idol of Guru Ravidas was installed and a newly built temple dedicated to him was inaugurated; officials also discussed his teachings and related government initiatives.
- When
- The ceremony was reported on August 20; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Jadaula village in Kaithal district, Haryana; related construction was mentioned at Umri in Kurukshetra.
- Why
- To honor Guru Ravidas and promote his teachings on equality, service, social harmony and upliftment of disadvantaged people.
- Temple ceremony
- Guru Ravidas’ idol was installed and a newly built temple was inaugurated in Jadaula village.
- Grant announced
- Rs 31 lakh was announced for the Sant Guru Ravidas Welfare Committee.
- Guru Ravidas Dham
- A Dham is being constructed on approximately five acres at Umri in Kurukshetra.
- Construction cost
- The Guru Ravidas Dham project was described as costing Rs 124 crore.
- Government jobs
- Saini said more than two lakh youths had received government jobs on merit over the last 12 years.
- Commemoration campaign
- Saini said the Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan was launched to mark Guru Ravidas’ 650th birth anniversary.
- Kalash yatra
- A yatra carrying soil from Guru Ravidas’ birthplace in Varanasi began on July 29 and was to travel across Haryana.