Ramdasia Sikhs
| Castes & Tribes | |
| Ramdasia | |
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| Significant populations in | Punjab • Haryana • Jammu • Himachal Pradesh • |
| Languages | Punjabi • Hindi |
| Religions | Sikhism |
Ramdasia Sikhs are members of sikh community. Their ancestors belonged to the caste of Weavers julaha and Shoemakers chamars .They started practising Sikhism during the time of 4th sikh Guru Ram Das ji. There is a saying that a group of weavers and shoemakers served Guru ji and Guru Ramdas ji blessed them with the title of Ramdasia sikhs.
Ramdasias are categorized as Scheduled Castes in states of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal pradesh and Uttar pradesh.
With Time they left their Traditional work of weaving and leather. Nowadays most of them do Farming , Govt. Jobs , a large part of their population serves in Indian Army. They have a separate Sikh regiment in army named Sikh Light Infantry , which was refferd as 23rd Sikh pioneers, 34th royal sikh pioneers and 32nd sikh pioneers in British Indian Army.
They are preffered to be called sikhs only.
Ramdasia sikhs are different from Ravidasia Sikhs , they should not be reffered as same. They are two Differnt communities, as Ravidasia community have their own holy shrine known as Dera Sach Khand in jalandhar,punjab and they only worship Guru Ravidas ji maharaaj . Whereas Ramdasia sikh community only worships shri Guru Granth Sahib ji maharaj.
