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Dalit saints of Hinduism

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Dalit is a designation for a group of people who were suppressed by upper caste Hindus for hundreds of years and also considered by that system as being outside the caste system of India. Several influential Hindu saints, though, were members of this group.

Saints

  • Chokhamela, one of the first Dalit poets in India. Born and lived in Maharashtra. Wrote many Abhangas.
  • Harichand Thakur (1811–1839), Namsudra, Bengali, founded Vaishnava Matua sect to worship Hari and preach Harinam and a few of their songs even recognize Harichand as an avatar of Vishnu
  • Nandanar, He is the only Dalit saint in the Nayanars
  • Ravidas-Guru of meera bai and 15-16t century saint in north india.

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