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	'''Sant Ravidas Ghat''' is the southernmost and largest [[ghat]] in [[Varanasi]].<ref name="The Times of India 2013">{{cite web \| title=Ganga Mahotsav venue shifts to Sant Ravidas Ghat \| website=The Times of India \| date=11 November 2013 \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ganga-Mahotsav-venue-shifts-to-Sant-Ravidas-Ghat/articleshow/25579072.cms \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> To most visitors to Varanasi, it is known for being an important religious place [[Ravidassia religion\|Ravidasis]] with a 25 acres park known as ''Sant Ravidas Smarak Park''.<ref name="India Today 1997">{{cite web \| title=In Varanasi, 25 acres are being acquired for a Sant Ravidas Park.\| website=India Today \| date=28 July 1997 \| url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/uttar-pradesh-exchequer-suffers-as-mayawati-splurges-on-statues-of-dalit-heroes~~/1/274579.html~~ \| ~~accessdate~~=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web \| title=The four went to Sant Ravidas Park and then to the Sant Ravidas ghat \| website=Indian Express \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bhu-student-drowns-in-ganga-two-others-missing/690385/ \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2010">{{cite web \| title=The sites from where samples were picked included Ravidas Park \| website=The Times of India \| date=21 May 2010 \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ganga-water-contaminated-with-heavy-metals/articleshow/5959877.cms \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>		'''Sant Ravidas Ghat''' is the southernmost and largest [[ghat]] in [[Varanasi]].<ref name="The Times of India 2013">{{cite web \| title=Ganga Mahotsav venue shifts to Sant Ravidas Ghat \| website=The Times of India \| date=11 November 2013 \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ganga-Mahotsav-venue-shifts-to-Sant-Ravidas-Ghat/articleshow/25579072.cms \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> To most visitors to Varanasi, it is known for being an important religious place for [[Ravidassia religion\|Ravidasis]] with a 25 acres park known as ''Sant Ravidas Smarak Park''.<ref name="India Today 1997">{{cite web \| title=In Varanasi, 25 acres are being acquired for a Sant Ravidas Park.\| website=India Today \| date=28 July 1997 \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19970728-uttar-pradesh-exchequer-suffers-as-mayawati-splurges-on-statues-of-dalit-heroes-830438-1997-07-27 \| access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web \| title=The four went to Sant Ravidas Park and then to the Sant Ravidas ghat \| website=Indian Express \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bhu-student-drowns-in-ganga-two-others-missing/690385/ \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2010">{{cite web \| title=The sites from where samples were picked included Ravidas Park \| website=The Times of India \| date=21 May 2010 \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ganga-water-contaminated-with-heavy-metals/articleshow/5959877.cms \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Ravidas Ghat was announced ~~for the creation~~ in February 2008,<ref name="dna 2008">{{cite web \| title=UP Chief Minister said she would provide Rs twenty crore to complete the construction of a ghat along the banks of the Ganga to be named after the 14th century saint Ravidas at Nagwa \| website=dna \| date=21 February 2008 \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mayawati-claims-to-have-put-an-end-to-mulayam-s-oppressive-era-1152128 \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Photogallery 2008">{{cite web \| title=Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati unveils the golden Palanquin, brought from Jalandhar, during her visit at Sant Ravidas Temple, in Varanasi on Thursday \| website=Photogallery \| date=22 February 2008 \| url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/news/india/mayawati-at-varanasi/articleshow/2803618.cms \| accessdate=24 April 2016}}</ref> during 2008 ''Golden [[Litter (vehicle)\|Palki]] Shobha Yatra'' at [[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan\|Sant Ravidas temple]] on the saint's 631st birth<ref name="www.oneindia.com 2008">{{cite web \| title=Maya's golden 'palki' reaches Varanasi \| website=www.oneindia.com \| date=20 February 2008 \| url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/02/20/mayas-golden-palki-reaches-varanasi-1203525204.html \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> ~~and~~ inaugurated in 2009 by Chief Minister [[Mayawati]].<ref name="Rai Bureau 2016">{{cite web \| last=Rai \| first=Manmohan \| last2=Bureau \| first2=ET \| title=Mayawati government took steps to honour and highlight the role of Sant Ravidas, like renaming Bhadohi to Sant Ravidas Nagar, constructing a Ravidas Ghat and Park in Varanasi and installing his statue there, building a Ravidas College in Faizabad and constituting an award in his name\| website=The Economic Times \| date=22 February 2016 \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mayawati-slams-modi-sp-for-participation-in-sant-ravidas-jayanti-celebrations/articleshow/51089419.cms \| accessdate=24 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2009">{{cite web \| title=Ravidas Ghat - Just a step away \| website=The Times of India \| date=2009-06-23 \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ravidas-Ghat-Just-a-step-away/articleshow/4693445.cms \| accessdate=2015-10-20}}</ref>		The establishment of Ravidas Ghat was announced in February 2008,<ref name="dna 2008">{{cite web \| title=UP Chief Minister said she would provide Rs twenty crore to complete the construction of a ghat along the banks of the Ganga to be named after the 14th century saint Ravidas at Nagwa \| website=dna \| date=21 February 2008 \| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mayawati-claims-to-have-put-an-end-to-mulayam-s-oppressive-era-1152128 \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Photogallery 2008">{{cite web \| title=Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati unveils the golden Palanquin, brought from Jalandhar, during her visit at Sant Ravidas Temple, in Varanasi on Thursday \| website=Photogallery \| date=22 February 2008 \| url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/news/india/mayawati-at-varanasi/articleshow/2803618.cms \| accessdate=24 April 2016}}</ref> during the 2008 ''Golden [[Litter (vehicle)\|Palki]] Shobha Yatra'' at [[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan\|Sant Ravidas temple]] on the saint's 631st birth.<ref name="www.oneindia.com 2008">{{cite web \| title=Maya's golden 'palki' reaches Varanasi \| website=www.oneindia.com \| date=20 February 2008 \| url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/02/20/mayas-golden-palki-reaches-varanasi-1203525204.html \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> The ghat was inaugurated in 2009 by Chief Minister [[Mayawati]].<ref name="Rai Bureau 2016">{{cite web \| last=Rai \| first=Manmohan \| last2=Bureau \| first2=ET \| title=Mayawati government took steps to honour and highlight the role of Sant Ravidas, like renaming Bhadohi to Sant Ravidas Nagar, constructing a Ravidas Ghat and Park in Varanasi and installing his statue there, building a Ravidas College in Faizabad and constituting an award in his name\| website=The Economic Times \| date=22 February 2016 \| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mayawati-slams-modi-sp-for-participation-in-sant-ravidas-jayanti-celebrations/articleshow/51089419.cms \| accessdate=24 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2009">{{cite web \| title=Ravidas Ghat - Just a step away \| website=The Times of India \| date=2009-06-23 \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ravidas-Ghat-Just-a-step-away/articleshow/4693445.cms \| accessdate=2015-10-20}}</ref>

	==Tourism and popular culture==		==Tourism and popular culture==
			''Sant Ravidas Ghat'' is nearly 13 minutes drive from [[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan]], [[Varanasi]].<ref name="Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir 2015">{{cite web \| title=Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir \| website=Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir \| date=5 October 2015 \| url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Ravidas+Ghat,+Dumraon+Colony,+Varanasi,+Uttar+Pradesh/Shri+Guru+Ravidass+Janam+Asthan+Mandir,+Seer+Goverdhanpur,+Varanasi,+Uttar+Pradesh+221005/@25.2611345,82.9862396,5755m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x398e319356fa1cbf:0xbd341065b0cead04!2m2!1d83.0091181!2d25.2836247!1m5!1m1!1s0x398e31792cffa1d1:0x44c331ffd6cc6b8b!2m2!1d82.998758!2d25.256477?hl=en \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>

			The place is well known for religious tourism by devotees of [[Ravidas\|Guru Ravidas]].<ref name="dainikbhaskar 2016">{{cite web \| title=आज रविदास घाट पर होगा समाजसेवियों का samman \| website=dainikbhaskar \| date=22 February 2016 \| url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-UJJ-MAT-latest-ujjain-news-043447-3664142-NOR.html \| language=hi \| access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref>

			Sant Ravidas Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals like [[Dev Deepawali (Varanasi)\|Dev Deepawali]] and Ganga Mahotsav.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Experience the rich cultural heritage of Varanasi at Ganga Mahotsav\|url=http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/experience-rich-cultural-heritage-varanasi-ganga-mahotsav-76239\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161127101614/http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/experience-rich-cultural-heritage-varanasi-ganga-mahotsav-76239\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2016-11-27}}</ref><ref name="I am in DNA of India 2015">{{cite web \| title=UP CM Akhilesh Yadav likely to inaugurate Ganga Mahotsav in Varanasi on Nov 22 \| website=I am in DNA of India \| date=27 August 2015 \| url=http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/cm-akhilesh-yadav-likely-inaugurate-ganga-mahotsav-varanasi-nov-22-68077 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215165204/http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/cm-akhilesh-yadav-likely-inaugurate-ganga-mahotsav-varanasi-nov-22-68077 \| url-status=unfit \| archive-date=15 December 2015 \| language=la \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>

	There is a proposed [[Balloon (aeronautics)#Hot air balloons\|helium balloon ride]] facility is at Sant Ravidas Ghat as a tourist attraction.<ref name="IANS 2012">{{cite web \| author=IANS \| title=U.P. plans to woo tourists with new attractions \| website=The Hindu \| date=16 June 2012 \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/up-plans-to-woo-tourists-with-new-attractions/article3534038.ece \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>		There is a proposed [[Balloon (aeronautics)#Hot air balloons\|helium balloon ride]] facility is at Sant Ravidas Ghat as a tourist attraction.<ref name="IANS 2012">{{cite web \| author=IANS \| title=U.P. plans to woo tourists with new attractions \| website=The Hindu \| date=16 June 2012 \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/up-plans-to-woo-tourists-with-new-attractions/article3534038.ece \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>
	Sant Ravidas Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals like [[Dev Deepawali (Varanasi)\|Dev Deepawali]] and Ganga Mahotsav.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Experience the rich cultural heritage of Varanasi at Ganga Mahotsav\|url=http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/experience-rich-cultural-heritage-varanasi-ganga-mahotsav-76239\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161127101614/http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/experience-rich-cultural-heritage-varanasi-ganga-mahotsav-76239\|url-status=unfit\|archive-date=2016-11-27}}</ref><ref name="I am in DNA of India 2015">{{cite web \| title=UP CM Akhilesh Yadav likely to inaugurate Ganga Mahotsav in Varanasi on Nov 22 \| website=I am in DNA of India \| date=27 August 2015 \| url=http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/cm-akhilesh-yadav-likely-inaugurate-ganga-mahotsav-varanasi-nov-22-68077 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215165204/http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/cm-akhilesh-yadav-likely-inaugurate-ganga-mahotsav-varanasi-nov-22-68077 \| url-status=unfit \| archive-date=15 December 2015 \| language=la \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> ''Sant Ravidas Ghat'' is nearly 13 minutes drive from [[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan]], [[Varanasi]].<ref name="Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir 2015">{{cite web \| title=Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir \| website=Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir \| date=5 October 2015 \| url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Ravidas+Ghat,+Dumraon+Colony,+Varanasi,+Uttar+Pradesh/Shri+Guru+Ravidass+Janam+Asthan+Mandir,+Seer+Goverdhanpur,+Varanasi,+Uttar+Pradesh+221005/@25.2611345,82.9862396,5755m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x398e319356fa1cbf:0xbd341065b0cead04!2m2!1d83.0091181!2d25.2836247!1m5!1m1!1s0x398e31792cffa1d1:0x44c331ffd6cc6b8b!2m2!1d82.998758!2d25.256477?hl=en \| accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> The place is well known for religious tourism by devotees of [[Ravidas\|Guru Ravidas]].<ref name="dainikbhaskar 2016">{{cite web \| title=आज रविदास घाट पर होगा समाजसेवियों का samman \| website=dainikbhaskar \| date=22 February 2016 \| url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-UJJ-MAT-latest-ujjain-news-043447-3664142-NOR.html \| language=hi \| accessdate=27 February 2016}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Sant Ravidas Ghat
| image =RavidasiVaranasi.JPG
| caption =Sant Ravidas Smarak Park at Sant Ravidas Ghat
| coordinates = {{coord|25|17|1.049|N|83|0|32.825|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
'''Sant Ravidas Ghat''' is the southernmost and largest [[ghat]] in [[Varanasi]].<ref name="The Times of India 2013">{{cite web | title=Ganga Mahotsav venue shifts to Sant Ravidas Ghat | website=The Times of India | date=11 November 2013 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ganga-Mahotsav-venue-shifts-to-Sant-Ravidas-Ghat/articleshow/25579072.cms | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> To most visitors to Varanasi, it is known for being an important religious place [[Ravidassia religion|Ravidasis]] with a 25 acres park known as ''Sant Ravidas Smarak Park''.<ref name="India Today 1997">{{cite web | title=In Varanasi, 25 acres are being acquired for a Sant Ravidas Park.| website=India Today | date=28 July 1997 | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uttar-pradesh-exchequer-suffers-as-mayawati-splurges-on-statues-of-dalit-heroes/1/274579.html | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | title=The four went to Sant Ravidas Park and then to the Sant Ravidas ghat | website=Indian Express | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bhu-student-drowns-in-ganga-two-others-missing/690385/ | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2010">{{cite web | title=The sites from where samples were picked included Ravidas Park | website=The Times of India | date=21 May 2010 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ganga-water-contaminated-with-heavy-metals/articleshow/5959877.cms | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>

==History==
Ravidas Ghat was announced for the creation in February 2008,<ref name="dna 2008">{{cite web | title=UP Chief Minister said she would provide Rs twenty crore to complete the construction of a ghat along the banks of the Ganga to be named after the 14th century saint Ravidas at Nagwa | website=dna | date=21 February 2008 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mayawati-claims-to-have-put-an-end-to-mulayam-s-oppressive-era-1152128 | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Photogallery 2008">{{cite web | title=Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati unveils the golden Palanquin, brought from Jalandhar, during her visit at Sant Ravidas Temple, in Varanasi on Thursday | website=Photogallery | date=22 February 2008 | url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/news/india/mayawati-at-varanasi/articleshow/2803618.cms | accessdate=24 April 2016}}</ref> during 2008 ''Golden [[Litter (vehicle)|Palki]] Shobha Yatra'' at [[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan|Sant Ravidas temple]] on the saint's 631st birth<ref name="www.oneindia.com 2008">{{cite web | title=Maya's golden 'palki' reaches Varanasi | website=www.oneindia.com | date=20 February 2008 | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/02/20/mayas-golden-palki-reaches-varanasi-1203525204.html | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> and inaugurated in 2009 by Chief Minister [[Mayawati]].<ref name="Rai Bureau 2016">{{cite web | last=Rai | first=Manmohan | last2=Bureau | first2=ET | title=Mayawati government took steps to honour and highlight the role of Sant Ravidas, like renaming Bhadohi to Sant Ravidas Nagar, constructing a Ravidas Ghat and Park in Varanasi and installing his statue there, building a Ravidas College in Faizabad and constituting an award in his name| website=The Economic Times | date=22 February 2016 | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mayawati-slams-modi-sp-for-participation-in-sant-ravidas-jayanti-celebrations/articleshow/51089419.cms | accessdate=24 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2009">{{cite web | title=Ravidas Ghat - Just a step away | website=The Times of India | date=2009-06-23 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Ravidas-Ghat-Just-a-step-away/articleshow/4693445.cms | accessdate=2015-10-20}}</ref>

==Tourism and popular culture==
There is a proposed [[Balloon (aeronautics)#Hot air balloons|helium balloon ride]] facility is at Sant Ravidas Ghat as a tourist attraction.<ref name="IANS 2012">{{cite web | author=IANS | title=U.P. plans to woo tourists with new attractions | website=The Hindu | date=16 June 2012 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/up-plans-to-woo-tourists-with-new-attractions/article3534038.ece | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref>
Sant Ravidas Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals like [[Dev Deepawali (Varanasi)|Dev Deepawali]] and Ganga Mahotsav.<ref>{{cite news|title=Experience the rich cultural heritage of Varanasi at Ganga Mahotsav|url=http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/experience-rich-cultural-heritage-varanasi-ganga-mahotsav-76239|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161127101614/http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/experience-rich-cultural-heritage-varanasi-ganga-mahotsav-76239|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2016-11-27}}</ref><ref name="I am in DNA of India 2015">{{cite web | title=UP CM Akhilesh Yadav likely to inaugurate Ganga Mahotsav in Varanasi on Nov 22 | website=I am in DNA of India | date=27 August 2015 | url=http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/cm-akhilesh-yadav-likely-inaugurate-ganga-mahotsav-varanasi-nov-22-68077 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215165204/http://www.iamin.in/en/varanasi/news/cm-akhilesh-yadav-likely-inaugurate-ganga-mahotsav-varanasi-nov-22-68077 | url-status=unfit | archive-date=15 December 2015 | language=la | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> ''Sant Ravidas Ghat'' is nearly 13 minutes drive from [[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan]], [[Varanasi]].<ref name="Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir 2015">{{cite web | title=Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir | website=Ravidas Ghat to Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan Mandir | date=5 October 2015 | url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Ravidas+Ghat,+Dumraon+Colony,+Varanasi,+Uttar+Pradesh/Shri+Guru+Ravidass+Janam+Asthan+Mandir,+Seer+Goverdhanpur,+Varanasi,+Uttar+Pradesh+221005/@25.2611345,82.9862396,5755m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x398e319356fa1cbf:0xbd341065b0cead04!2m2!1d83.0091181!2d25.2836247!1m5!1m1!1s0x398e31792cffa1d1:0x44c331ffd6cc6b8b!2m2!1d82.998758!2d25.256477?hl=en | accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> The place is well known for religious tourism by devotees of [[Ravidas|Guru Ravidas]].<ref name="dainikbhaskar 2016">{{cite web | title=आज रविदास घाट पर होगा समाजसेवियों का samman | website=dainikbhaskar | date=22 February 2016 | url=http://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-UJJ-MAT-latest-ujjain-news-043447-3664142-NOR.html | language=hi | accessdate=27 February 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Shri Guru Ravidass Janam Asthan]]
*[[Shri Guru Ravidas Gurughar]]

==References==
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{{Varanasi|state=expanded}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gfoF7Xr6Vo Mayawati's speech on Sant Ravidas Ghat]
{{commons category|Ravidas Ghat}}

[[Category:Ghats in Varanasi]]