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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Chamar sect in Punjab, India</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Adi_Dharm" title="Adi Dharm">Adi Dharm</a> development of <a href="/wiki/Brahmoism" title="Brahmoism">Brahmoism</a>.</div> <p>The <b>Ad-Dharmi</b> is a sect in the state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>, in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and is an alternative term for the <a href="/wiki/Ravidasia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravidasia">Ravidasia</a> religion, meaning Primal Spiritual Path.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mainstream_Weekly_2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mainstream_Weekly_2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term Ad-Dharm came into popular usage in the early part of the 20th century, when many followers of Guru Ravidas converted to Sikhism and were severely discriminated against due to their low caste status (even though the Sikh religion is strictly against the caste system). Many of these converts stopped attending Sikh Gurdwaras controlled by Jat Sikhs and built their own shrines upon arrival in the UK, Canada, and Fiji Island.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ad-Dharmis comprise 11.48% of the total of <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled Caste">Scheduled Caste</a> communities in Punjab.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2></div> <p>The Ad-Dharm movement was started in the 1920s with the aim of establishing a distinct religious identity. The founders of the Ad-Dharm Movement were <a href="/wiki/Mangu_Ram_Mugowalia" title="Mangu Ram Mugowalia">Mangu Ram Mugowalia</a> (a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Ghadar_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghadar Party">Ghadar Party</a>), Master Gurbanta Singh (a senior <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> leader), B. L. Gherra, and Pandit Hari Ram (Pandori Bibi), who served as the organization's secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The movement projected <a href="/wiki/Ravidas" title="Ravidas">Guru Ravidas</a>, the 14th century <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_movement" title="Bhakti movement">Bhakti Movement</a> saint, as their spiritual guru and adopted a sacred book called <i>Ad Parkash</i> for their separate ritual traditions. The Ad-Dharmi Dalits unified as a faith in 1925 during British rule in India. </p><p>In the 1931 census, over 450,000 individuals registered themselves as members of the new indigenous faith called <i>Ad Dharam</i> (or <i>Original Religion</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-CNN.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this faith and movement gradually declined after India gained independence due to the leaders' increasing involvement in state politics and the government's reservation policy, which focused only on providing reservations for low-caste individuals from <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> communities.<sup id="cite_ref-Gill_2015_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gill_2015-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span 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and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although the Ad-Dharmi are followers of Guru <a href="/wiki/Ravidas" title="Ravidas">Ravidas</a> (<i>now <a href="/wiki/Ravidassia_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravidassia religion">Ravidassia religion</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Express_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Express-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and incorporate elements of <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Google_Books_2015_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Google_Books_2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as they regard Shri <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Guru Granth Sahib</a> as their <a href="/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text">religious text</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Singh_2010_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh_2010-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But after killing of <a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Dass" title="Ramanand Dass">Ramananda Dass</a> on Vienaa triggered them a lot and they formed separate Amritbani and customs.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each of their settlement contains a <a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">gurdwaras</a> and Ravidas Bhawans, which are both a centre of worship and as well as a focus of the community. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ad-Dharmi_Diaspora">Ad-Dharmi Diaspora</h2></div> <p>The Ad dharmi Diaspora has flourished on Fiji Island, Canada, and in the United Kingdom since 1905. From 1905, when the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand began a regular service from Calcutta to Fiji, there was a regular flow of Ravidassia people from Punjab to Fiji.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Shri Guru Ravidass Gurudwara outside India was established in 1939 in Nasinu on Fiji Island, and this Gurdwara was registered under the banner of the Addharm-Punjab Association.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass,_Nasinu,_Fiji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass%2C_Nasinu%2C_Fiji.jpg/220px-Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass%2C_Nasinu%2C_Fiji.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass%2C_Nasinu%2C_Fiji.jpg/330px-Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass%2C_Nasinu%2C_Fiji.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass%2C_Nasinu%2C_Fiji.jpg/440px-Gurdwara_Guru_Ravidass%2C_Nasinu%2C_Fiji.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1329" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Gurdwara <a href="/wiki/Guru_Ravidass" class="mw-redirect" title="Guru Ravidass">Guru Ravidass</a>, Nasinu, Fiji Established in 1939</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible sortable"> <caption>Ad dharmis along with <a href="/wiki/Ramdasia" title="Ramdasia">Ramdasia</a> <a href="/wiki/Ravidasia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravidasia">Ravidasia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chamar" title="Chamar">Chamar Caste</a>) in Punjab by <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Punjab,_India" title="List of districts of Punjab, India">Districts</a> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Punjab,_India" title="List of districts of Punjab, India">Districts</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2011_India_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 India census">2011 India census</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Ad dharmi/ Ramdasia/ Ravidasia Caste Population </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amritsar" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a> </td> <td>31,774 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000127560780459682♠" style="display:none"></span>1.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barnala" title="Barnala">Barnala</a> </td> <td>90,526 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001151814373446655♠" style="display:none"></span>15.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bathinda" title="Bathinda">Bathinda</a> </td> <td>108,790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000783304856720516♠" style="display:none"></span>7.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Faridkot_district" title="Faridkot district">Faridkot</a> </td> <td>26,903 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000435317989411140♠" style="display:none"></span>4.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fatehgarh_Sahib" title="Fatehgarh Sahib">Fatehgarh Sahib</a> </td> <td>115,167 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001192004521401634♠" style="display:none"></span>19.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Firozpur" title="Firozpur">Firozpur</a> </td> <td>31,581 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000155642426052475♠" style="display:none"></span>1.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur" title="Gurdaspur">Gurdaspur</a> </td> <td>133,126 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000579053912395945♠" style="display:none"></span>5.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoshiarpur" title="Hoshiarpur">Hoshiarpur</a> </td> <td>416,904 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001263397677396854♠" style="display:none"></span>26.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jalandhar" title="Jalandhar">Jalandhar</a> </td> <td>467,466 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001214261651066825♠" style="display:none"></span>21.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapurthala" title="Kapurthala">Kapurthala</a> </td> <td>90,287 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001110420121614151♠" style="display:none"></span>11.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ludhiana" title="Ludhiana">Ludhiana</a> </td> <td>521,361 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001149477820637280♠" style="display:none"></span>14.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mansa_district,_Punjab" class="mw-redirect" title="Mansa district, Punjab">Mansa</a> </td> <td>87,078 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001113263649701876♠" style="display:none"></span>11.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Moga_district" title="Moga district">Moga</a> </td> <td>31,206 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000314484993787092♠" style="display:none"></span>3.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Muktsar_Sahib" title="Sri Muktsar Sahib">Sri Muktsar Sahib</a> </td> <td>50,017 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000554080970242671♠" style="display:none"></span>5.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patiala" title="Patiala">Patiala</a> </td> <td>192,545 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001101752804286041♠" style="display:none"></span>10.18% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupnagar" title="Rupnagar">Rupnagar</a> </td> <td>115,155 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001168515648665615♠" style="display:none"></span>16.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sahibzada_Ajit_Singh_Nagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar">Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar</a> </td> <td>114,837 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001116450184404556♠" style="display:none"></span>11.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sangrur" title="Sangrur">Sangrur</a> </td> <td>261,317 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001217193490769669♠" style="display:none"></span>21.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaheed_Bhagat_Singh_Nagar_district" title="Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district">Nawanshahr</a> </td> <td>214,293 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001348805752959981♠" style="display:none"></span>34.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarn_Taran_district" title="Tarn Taran district">Tarn Taran</a> </td> <td>3,618 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999323015525815350♠" style="display:none"></span>0.32% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mangu_Ram_Mugowalia" title="Mangu Ram Mugowalia">Mangu Ram Mugowalia</a>, founding member of <a href="/wiki/Ghadar_Movement" title="Ghadar Movement">Ghadar Movement</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adi_Dharm" title="Adi Dharm">Ad Dharm</a> movement in Punjab<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Gurbanta_Singh" title="Master Gurbanta Singh">Master Gurbanta Singh</a> - Tallest Dalit leader of Punjab, educator and key person of Ad Dharm movement.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Kishan_Dass" title="Seth Kishan Dass">Seth Kishan Dass</a> - was a leather trader, propagator of the Ad-Dharm movement, and a politician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaudhary_Sadhu_Ram" title="Chaudhary Sadhu Ram">Chaudhary Sadhu Ram</a> - Elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for five time.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chamar" title="Chamar">Chamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramdasia" 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