Ramdasia

Not to be confused with Ravidassia (religion), a religious movement.
Ramdasia
ReligionsSikhism • Hinduism • Ravidassia
LanguagesPunjabi • Hindi • Dogri
Populated statesPunjab • Haryana • Jammu • Himachal Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh

The Ramdasia, also referred to as Ravidassia, were historically a Sikh, Hindu sub-group that originated from the caste of leather tanners and shoemakers known as Chamar, and the weaver caste known as Julahas. Sikh historian W. H. McLeod refers to Ramdasia as a Sikh of the Chamar caste in his book named 'The A to Z of Sikhism', and in his other book named 'Punjabis in New Zealand', he traced a Chamar Sikh migrant, an antecedent of Ramdasia.

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