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- List_of_Harijan_Hindu_saints abstract "The Dalit is a section of Hindu society generally referred as a "lower" caste that have produced several influential Hindu saints. Some of the most notable Dalit Hindu saints are Ravidas, Kabir, Namdev, Chokha Mela, Sant Kanhoputra, etc. Ravidas was the guru of not only saint Meerabai, but also of Queen Jali of Chittor, while Jalandhari was a Hadi or Net-holder and the guru of Queen Mainamati of Patika.Many Dalit through their virtuous works, were given the title of Brahmin by non-Harijans. The most popular examples are Matanga, Nandanar, Purnananda, and Valmiki. In one legend, Nandanar entered a fire and came out of the fire as a Brahmin.The term "Dalit" came from Hindu reformers such as the Arya Samaj and Swami Vivekananda. The Arya Samaj used the phrase 'dalitoddhara' (improvement of the downtrodden) to upward social mobilization of Dalits. The term Harijan was initially coined by a Koli Adivasi saint of Gujarat named Kubera, who in his lifetime had at least twenty thousands disciples. Then Narsimh Mehta picked up the phrase and began using it for the backward castes. Similarly in Ramanuja's era, the Brahmin Ramanuja gave the name Tirukulathar or "holy caste" to those who are of the dalit caste.Some writers believe that even Valmiki and Veda Vyasa, the celebrated of Hindu epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata, were also of Dalit background.In Gujarat, Makarand Paranjape, when he was researching the Bhangi Dalits of the Swadhyaya tradition, a Bhangi member said to him the following:".
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- List_of_Harijan_Hindu_saints subject Category:Indian_people.
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- List_of_Harijan_Hindu_saints comment "The Dalit is a section of Hindu society generally referred as a "lower" caste that have produced several influential Hindu saints. Some of the most notable Dalit Hindu saints are Ravidas, Kabir, Namdev, Chokha Mela, Sant Kanhoputra, etc. Ravidas was the guru of not only saint Meerabai, but also of Queen Jali of Chittor, while Jalandhari was a Hadi or Net-holder and the guru of Queen Mainamati of Patika.Many Dalit through their virtuous works, were given the title of Brahmin by non-Harijans.".
- List_of_Harijan_Hindu_saints label "List of Harijan Hindu saints".
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