The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1977 page)

 
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Ravid
s
.

Religious movement among Pañj
b
s of the leatherworker
caste
. The memory of
Ra(v)i D
s
survived with a loose network of shrines (
dehr
s
) serving as focal points for
cham
r
devotion. However, the Ravid
s
movement only took shape in the early 20th cent., as members of lower castes, especially urban, educated cham
rs, sought religious and political identity. They called their religion
d
Dharm
(the original religion). In 1907 Sant Hir
n Das established a Ravi D
s Sabh
, soon followed by other
dehr
s
in
Pañj
b