The Bharatiya Janata Party will launch the nationwide ‘Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’ today, coinciding with Guru Purnima, to mark the 650th birth anniversary year of Sant Shiromani Guru Ravidas Maharaj.
The campaign will be formally inaugurated at the birthplace of Sant Ravidas in Seer Govardhanpur, Varanasi, today. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit the birthplace of Sant Ravidas this evening, where he will pay obeisance and seek blessings.
As part of the campaign, soil from the sacred birthplace of Sant Ravidas will be placed in 131 kalash (urns) and sent to various parts of Uttar Pradesh and other states across the country.
A Samrasta Sankalp Sabha will also be organised at the venue, with a target of around 25,000 participants.The series of programmes will continue until February 20, 2027, coinciding with Maghi Purnima and the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas.
National BJP President Nitin Nabin, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and Varanasi in-charge minister Suresh Khanna, State BJP President Pankaj Chaudhary, State General Secretary (Organisation) Dharampal Singh and other prominent leaders are expected to attend the event. The head of Dera Sachkhand Ballan is also scheduled to be present, along with several prominent saints from across the country.
In the presence of saints, spiritual leaders and intellectuals, the 131 kalash containing sacred soil will be ceremonially worshipped and handed over to representatives of different states.
Of these, the kalash will be sent to 98 organisational districts of Uttar Pradesh, 27 states and six zones. The initiative aims to spread Sant Ravidas’ message of social harmony, equality and humanity among the people.
As part of the campaign, the ‘Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Deep Abhiyan’ will also be organised. Under the initiative, 11,000 lamps will be lit at Ravidas Ghat and Park, while lamps will also be illuminated at the Sant Ravidas memorial site.
Deepotsav programmes will also be organised at Sant Guru Ravidas temples across the country, as well as at all BJP mandal-level units, this evening.
Nationwide campaign to be conducted in five phases. BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha National President Lal Singh Arya said the nationwide campaign would be conducted in several phases.
The ‘Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Kalash Vandan Abhiyan’ will be organised from today to September 10, 2026, at the national, state, district and mandal levels. The Sant Sampark Abhiyan will be conducted from today to August 31.
Subsequently, the ‘Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Samrasta Yatra’ will be taken out from Jalandhar to Kashi from October 5 to November 5, 2026. The yatra will pass through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
In addition, the ‘Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj Hostel Sampark Abhiyan’ will be organised from November 26, 2026, to January 15, 2027. A range of religious and cultural programmes, including collective aartis, recitations of Gurbani, bhajan evenings and Samrasta Sankalp events, will also be organised during the campaign.
The BJP said various religious, social and cultural programmes would be held across the country from Guru Purnima to Maghi Purnima to commemorate the 650th birth anniversary year of Sant Ravidas and take his message of social harmony, equality and humanity to the people.