Counter-Scriptures As Part of New Identities and Alternative Histories In Contemporary India: A Case of the Amritbani GranthстатьяИсследовательская статья
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Аннотация:In 2010, the Dalit (low-caste) followers of Saṅt Ravidas, a medieval mystic poet and philosopher, declared their own religion, the Ravidāsīyā dharm, and launched their own holy book, the Amritbāṇī
Granth, based exclusively on Ravidas’ hymns and representing an alternative to the main scripture
of the Sikhs, the Gurū Granth. The Ravidassias’ resolute efforts to distance themselves from Sikhism
were the result of the long-standing caste confrontation within the Sikh community in the Indian
state of Punjab and beyond. This paper focuses on the way the Amritbāṇī Granth – a key instrument
in constructing the Ravidassias’ new identity – is used to establish an alternative version of the community’s history.