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who was from backward class. Guru Gobind Singh had founded
a cult named Khalsa with the help of his five disciples of
backward class and on the risk of his own life. Middle age is
known by Bhakti Yug. The entire country was terrified by the
attacks of foreign attackers. At that time saints and devotees
had saved the society. Eight percent saints were Brahmins
amongst them and they were much respected for people.

Shrimad Shankaracharya had seen God in a cruel man.
Shrimad Ramanujacharya gave a message of freedom to the
backward class people and tolerated the anger of his Guru. Shri
Baseshwar produced a light of spiritual unity. Swami Dayanand
had proven that untouchability is meaningless by the Vedas.
Swami Vivekanand asked to serve poor needy person and
reckon untouchability as madness. Ramkrishna Paramhans
accepted to clean the toilets of backward class people as a part
of efforts for realization of God. Swami Sahjanand spent his
whole life for servicing Narayanguru of Kerala who was born
in backward class named Ezva but known as the highest symbol
of spirituality. Chokhmel of Maharashtra, Kanakdas of
Karnataka, Ravidas of Varanasi, Pakarnar of Kerala, Nandanar
of Tamil Nadu, Narsaiyo of Gujarat all these saints created
Abhangs (Hymns), and songs of devotion and gave the message
of equality and brotherhood to many people of the nation.

Efforts for a Revolution
Tilak, Gandhi, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Veer Savarkar,

Thakkar Bapa, Mahatma Phule, Agarkar, Dr. Hedgevar, Shri
Guruji all these great people were born in high class of the
society, but they tried to remove the demerits of the society for
the whole life.

In 1969, Vishva Hindu Parishad held its meeting in Udipi
and in that meeting the proclamation was announced by our
saints with the message that untouchability is a blot of society.
This proclamation was in presence of all religious teachers and
jagatguru.

In January 1979, there was a Vishwa Hindu Sammelan at
Prayaga. In that saints had come from each and every corner of