Ravidas Temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Rs 100-crore-worth temple-cum-memorial dedicated to mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in Sagar district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tomorrow lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100-crore temple dedicated to 14th century mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expecting up to 2 lakh people to attend the PM's rally and the foundation laying ceremony for the temple in Sagar dedicated to Sant Ravidas.

In an attempt to consolidate the 16% Dalit votes in Madhya Pradesh less than four months before the state goes to polls, the BJP will flag off the Sant Ravidas Samarasta Yatra this evening.

Five people have been booked after a Ravidas temple was allegedly set on fire in a village in Chitbadgaon area here, police said on Tuesday.

The Madhya Pradesh government would construct a temple of Sant Ravidas in Sagar district at a cost of Rs 100 crore, it said on Wednesday.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra served Langar today at a temple in Varanasi on the occassion of the birth anniversary Ravidas Jayanti.

President Ram Nath Kovind wished countrymen on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti on Wednesday. In a message posted on Twitter, he urged the people of the country to contribute towards building a society by following the path shown by the saint.

Three days before the crucial Assembly polls in Punjab, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today made a dawn visit to a temple at a village near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas on Wednesday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Ravidas Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said 14th century saint Ravidas dreamt of a society where there is no discrimination on the basis of caste and religion, and everyone should work towards fulfilling it.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the construction of a permanent structure for Guru Ravidas Temple in Delhi's Tughlakabad area, instead of a wooden porta cabin which the central government had suggested.

The BJP on Wednesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of politicising the issue of the demolition of a Guru Ravidas temple in the capital and said both parties tried to fuel social tension by inciting people.

The Supreme Court has approved a conditional increase in land - from 200 square metres to 400 square metres - to be made available for the construction of the Ravidas temple in Delhi that it ordered demolished in August

The centre has offered to hand over 200 square metres of land in Delhi on which a Ravidas temple stood before it was razed in August on orders from the Supreme Court. Appearing for the government, Attorney General KK Venugopal said the decision had been taken to ensure peace and harmony

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Rs 100-crore-worth temple-cum-memorial dedicated to mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in Sagar district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tomorrow lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100-crore temple dedicated to 14th century mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expecting up to 2 lakh people to attend the PM's rally and the foundation laying ceremony for the temple in Sagar dedicated to Sant Ravidas.

In an attempt to consolidate the 16% Dalit votes in Madhya Pradesh less than four months before the state goes to polls, the BJP will flag off the Sant Ravidas Samarasta Yatra this evening.

Five people have been booked after a Ravidas temple was allegedly set on fire in a village in Chitbadgaon area here, police said on Tuesday.

The Madhya Pradesh government would construct a temple of Sant Ravidas in Sagar district at a cost of Rs 100 crore, it said on Wednesday.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra served Langar today at a temple in Varanasi on the occassion of the birth anniversary Ravidas Jayanti.

President Ram Nath Kovind wished countrymen on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti on Wednesday. In a message posted on Twitter, he urged the people of the country to contribute towards building a society by following the path shown by the saint.

Three days before the crucial Assembly polls in Punjab, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi today made a dawn visit to a temple at a village near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas on Wednesday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Ravidas Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said 14th century saint Ravidas dreamt of a society where there is no discrimination on the basis of caste and religion, and everyone should work towards fulfilling it.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the construction of a permanent structure for Guru Ravidas Temple in Delhi's Tughlakabad area, instead of a wooden porta cabin which the central government had suggested.

The BJP on Wednesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of politicising the issue of the demolition of a Guru Ravidas temple in the capital and said both parties tried to fuel social tension by inciting people.

The Supreme Court has approved a conditional increase in land - from 200 square metres to 400 square metres - to be made available for the construction of the Ravidas temple in Delhi that it ordered demolished in August

The centre has offered to hand over 200 square metres of land in Delhi on which a Ravidas temple stood before it was razed in August on orders from the Supreme Court. Appearing for the government, Attorney General KK Venugopal said the decision had been taken to ensure peace and harmony