Ramananda

Ramananda

Ramananda (1400?-1470?) was a Vaishnava sant, a "Ramayat", a devotee of Lord Ram. He lived in Varanasi. Like other sant-poets of northern India, he communicated in vernacular Hindi, and accepted disciples of all castes. Kabir mentions him as his guru.

Ramananda was a disciple of Raghavananda, an ascetic of the Sri Vaishnava order, expounded by Ramanuja and was known for his downplaying the role of caste.He had disciples from all castes.Ramananda's most famous disciples were Anantananda, Bhavananda, Dhanna Bhagat, Kabir, Nabha, Naraharyananda, Pipa, Ravidas, Sain, Sukhananda, and Tulsidas.

It is from the "Parichai" of Anantdas and "Satik Bhaktamal" of Priyadas that we know Ravidas was initiated by the great Ramananda. The Ramanandi Sampradaya consider Ramananda to be their founder. The mendicants of this order were known as "vairagi".

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