BhaktiTemple
Shri Guru Ravidas Janmasthanश्री गुरु रविदास जन्मस्थान, सीर गोवर्धनपुर
The birthplace temple of the 15th-century saint Ravidas at Seer Govardhanpur, begun in 1965 and completed in 1994. Ravidas, a cobbler by caste, taught that devotion needs no intermediary; forty of his hymns are in the Guru Granth Sahib. On Ravidas Jayanti lakhs of pilgrims arrive from Punjab.
Tips
- Langar (a free community meal) is served to all.
- The gold-domed temple is south of BHU; an auto from Lanka takes ten minutes.
How to reach
- 7.9 km from Varanasi Junction (Cantt) station in a straight line
- 25.9 km from Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in a straight line
- 5.9 km from Godowlia crossing, where cars stop for the old city in a straight line
Straight-line distances; by road through the lanes it is further.
Sources: Wikipedia — Shri Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan · Kashi Official Web Portal — Shri Guru Ravidas Janm Sthan Mandir
