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| Balmiki is a prominent Dalit community of the state of [[Punjab]] in India.
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| ==Background==
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| Most Balimikis are from the Chura caste, although through their faith they reject the caste system.
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| Chura is an occupation and is therefore used as a derogatory term to describe the Valmiki community.
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| Valmikis is the name given to those devotees that follow the teachings of Bhagwan Valmik as portrayed in the Yoga-Vasistha and the Ramayana. Balmiki and not Valmiki is often the preferred way of spelling by people from the state of Punjab.
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| ==Followers of Sage Valmiki==
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| Like the [[Ravidasi]] (followers of Guru Raidas) and the [[Kabir Panthi]]s (followers of Kabir), the Balmikis believe that Sage Valmiki was the avatar of God, and they uphold his work, the Ramayana as their holy scripture.
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