BJP plans nationwide campaign to mark Guru Ravidas’ birth anniversary
The BJP has announced a nationwide campaign to celebrate the 650th birth anniversary of the poet-saint Guru Ravidas. The initiative aims to promote social harmony through various cultural and religious outreach programs.
Why it matters
The campaign reflects the intersection of political strategy and cultural identity in Indian governance.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (July 27, 2026) said it would launch a nationwide ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’ (campaign for social harmony and resolve) from July 29, 2026, to February 20, 2027, to mark the 650th birth anniversary of the mystic poet-saint Guru Ravidas.
At a press conference held by BJP national general secretaries Tarun Chugh and Dushyant Kumar Gautam, the party said 131 sacred urns would be sent across the country from Varanasi, the birthplace of Ravidas.
Initiatives for social harmony would be organised at 21,000 locations; a festival of lights would be organised at 51,000 temples; an outreach campaign would be carried out with saints, students, temples, hostels, and religious groups; and processions, including a month-long yatra from Jalandhar to Varanasi, would be taken out in different parts of the country, they said.
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