Balmiki
Balmiki is a prominent Dalit community of the state of Punjab in India.
Background
Most Balimikis are from the Chura caste, although through their faith they reject the caste system.
Chura is an occupation and is therefore used as a derogatory term to describe the Valmiki community.
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.
Followers of Sage Valmiki
Like the Ravidasis (followers of Guru Raidas) and the Kabir panthis (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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