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Seeking Begumpura - a City of No Sorrow

Begampura of Bhagat Ravidas Guru Ravidas or Bhagat Raidas envisioned a society with people living in harmony without any sort of discrimination. He named this ideal society “ Begampura " (Be-Gam-Pura) a place with no sorrow.  A city which is casteless, classless, where everybody is equal. Nobody is taxed and nobody owns wealth. There is no injustice, no worries, no terror and no exploitation or torture. That was Ravidas’ Begampura. With this city of his dreams, he laid the foundation of social equality in India the 15th century. Bhagat Ravidas Bani The following shabad of Bhagat Ravidas from Sri Guru Granth Sahib gives a detailed description of this concept in  Page 345 : ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਜੀ ਕੇ ਪਦੇ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ Raag Gauri, Padas Of Ravi Daas Jee, Gauree Gwaarayree: ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace: ਮੇਰੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪੋਚ ਸੋਚ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ॥ The company I keep is wretched and low, and I am anxiou