Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Govind Guru
The Bhagat movement was started by Govind Guru in the 1890s. The fire god was considered a symbol in the movement . The followers had to stand in front of the holy fire and perform Havan (meaning Dhuni) along with the worship. In 1883 he founded the 'Sump Sabha'. By this he abstained from alcohol, meat, theft, adultery etc.; living a simple life by working hard; Daily bathing, yajna and kirtan; By establishing schools, teaching children, resolving their disputes in the Panchayat, not tolerating injustice, not paying rent to the pithu jagirdars of the British, not doing forced labor and boycotting foreign goods and using Swadeshi like sources were propagated from village to village.
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