Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Mandir on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti in New Delhi's Karol Bagh on Wednesday, 16 February.
He also interacted with the devotees and participated in the 'Shabad Kirtan' in the temple and tweeted a video of the “special moments” of his visit on Twitter.
Meanwhile, political leaders from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh (UP) paid their tributes in Varanasi on the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi visited the Ravidas temple in Varanasi, UP at 5 am, and offered prayers on the occasion. Channi reportedly listened to kirtan at the temple for about 45 minutes and later met with devotes from Punjab.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath also offered prayers to the saint at the Ravidas Temple, seer Goverdhanpur in Varanasi at around 11 am.
Adityanath also participated in Ravidas Jayanti Mahotsav and took prasad in langar at the temple premises.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and the party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also visited the Ravidas Temple in Varanasi and served langar to the devotees.
Taking to Twitter, Gandhi shared a couplet by Sant Guru Ravidas, and said, "Salute to Sant Guru Ravidas."
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) Punjab CM candidate Bhagwant Mann, reached the Ravidas temple in Jalandhar's Bootan Mandi on the occasion.
The party's Twitter handle tweeted a video of Kejriwal wishing people and saying, "Many many congratulations to all on the birth anniversary of Shri Guru Ravidas ji. May Guru ji bless us that we continue to serve the people selflessly. We want a grand temple of Sri Guru Ravidas ji to be built in Delhi."
President Ram Nath Kovind also extended his wishes on Ravidas Jayanti on Twitter. He said that saint Ravidas propagated the message of mutual love and equality without any discrimination.
He tweeted in Hindi on Wednesday, “The great saint Guru Ravidas ji gave the message of treating mutual love and equality without any discrimination. Let us all contribute towards building a society based on equality, harmony and coordination by following the path shown by Guru Ravidas ji.”
The Election Commission of India (ECI) had postponed Punjab Assembly elections to 20 February, in view of Guru Ravidas' birth anniversary.
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