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===Ravidas as Mira's Guru=== There is a small ''[[chhatri]]'' (pavilion) in front of Meera's temple in [[Chittorgarh district]] of [[Rajasthan]] which bears Ravidas' engraved foot print.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Mahendra |title=Dalit's Inheritance in Hindu Religion |date=2006 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-517-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xSZqwkA5VwC&dq=ravidas+foot+print+in+chittorgarh&pg=PA126 |access-date=29 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/08/24/chittaurgarh-fort-an-enigma-with-a-thin-line-between-history-and-mythology-i/ ''Chittauragarh Fort: An Enigma with a Thin Line between History and Mythology''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013173904/http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/08/24/chittaurgarh-fort-an-enigma-with-a-thin-line-between-history-and-mythology-i/ |date=13 October 2013 }}. 24 August 2009, Ghumakkar.com</ref> Legends link him as the ''guru'' of Mirabai, another major Bhakti movement poet.<ref name=peterheehs>Peter Heehs (2002), Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience, New York University Press, {{ISBN|978-0814736500}}, pages 368-370</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Guru Ravidas, seer, social reformer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/guru-ravidas-seer-social-reformer/article67884907.ece |access-date=29 August 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=25 February 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Queen Mira Bai composed a song dedicated to [[Guru Ravidas]] where she mentioned him as her Guru.Β <poem> Sadguru sant mile Ravidas Mira devaki kare vandana aas Jin chetan kahya dhann Bhagavan Ravidas </poem> -- "I got a guru in the form of Sant Ravidas, there by obtaining life's fulfillment."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shri |first1=Satya |title=Demystifying Brahminism and Re-Inventing Hinduism: Volume 1 β Demystifying Brahminism |date=23 January 2017 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-946515-54-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mMf1DQAAQBAJ&dq=mira+and+ravidass&pg=PT533 |access-date=29 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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