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Egalitarian Ideologies in Gurbani Egalitarian Ideologies in Gurbani
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Caste Amongst Sikhs Caste Amongst Sikhs
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A Distinct Identity through the Ad Dharm Movement A Distinct Identity through the Ad Dharm Movement
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Ravidasis and Valmikis in Britain Ravidasis and Valmikis in Britain
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The Case of the Coventry Valmiki Sabha The Case of the Coventry Valmiki Sabha
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The Search for a Distinct Identity The Search for a Distinct Identity
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8 We Are Not Sikhs or Hindus: Issues of Identity Among the Valmikis and Ravidasis in Britain
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Published:October 2011
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This chapter attempts to excavate the hermeneutics of the Guru Granth Sahib to evaluate why lower-caste members of the Sikh Panth (community) have felt that their Mazhabi labelling has prevented their equal assimilation into the Sikh Panth. The Ravidasis and the Valmikis broke away from the Panth, and sought social and religious satisfaction through their distinct identities as separate from both Hindus and Sikhs. The development of the Sikh faith in practice shows that these teachings were used in practice through the lives of the Sikh Gurus. Both the Ravidasi and Valmiki Sabhas play important roles as religious institutions in the lives of their diasporic communities, with the author focusing on these groups in Britain. The author describes how the existence of clearly defined boundaries between being a follower of Guru Ravidas/Guru Valmiki and also being a follower of the ten Sikh Gurus is particularly problematic, more so in the context of the Sikh diaspora in Britain.
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