Ramananda
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Ramananda (1400?-1470?) was a Vaishnava sant, a Ramayat, a devotee of Lord Ram. He lived in Varanasi. Like other sant-poets of northern India, he communicated in vernacular Hindi, and accepted disciples of all castes. Kabir mentions him as his guru.
Ramananda was a disciple of Raghavananda, an ascetic of the Sri Vaishnava order, expounded by Ramanuja and was known for his downplaying the role of caste.
| “ | Let no one ask a man's caste or with whom he eats. If a man is devoted to Hari, he becomes Hari's own. Hari, refers to Krsna | ” |
He had disciples from all castes. Ramananda's most famous disciples were Anantananda, Bhavananda, Dhanna Bhagat, Kabir, Nabha, Naraharyananda, Pipa, Ravidas, Sain, Sukhananda, and Tulsidas.
It is from the Parichai of Anantdas and Satik Bhaktamal of Priyadas that we know Ravidas was initiated by the great Ramananda.
The Ramanandi Sampradaya consider Ramananda to be their founder. The medicents of this order were known as "vairagi".
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