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s, and

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s. It is situated at Tughlakabad area of

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History

Shri Guru Ravidas Gurughar of Tughlaqabad was visited by Sant

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around 1509 during . Nearly 160 years ago on land provided by Sikandar Lodi, an ancestor named Roopa Nand dug out a pond in the area known as ''

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wala johar'' in

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No. 123 of Tughlakabad village. The hut of Roopa Nand was situated in khasra No. 124/1 of Tughlakabad village. Later, in the Delhi Land Reforms Act of 1954, this land was shown as 'Shamlat' (village common land). An organization named ''Guru Ravidas Jainti Samaroh Samiti'' was formed in 1959 to build an ashram, Guru Ravidas temple and

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of Roopa Nand and other saints on 12350 square yards (ca. 1 ha) of land. Four other rooms were also constructed as part of a

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. The temple was inaugurated on 1 March 1959 by

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leader and then Union Railways minister

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Demolition

Ravidas Gurughar was demolished by

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following an 8 April 2019 Supreme Court order. The apex court, upholding a 2018 order of the Delhi High Court, ordered that the area be vacated within two months. The Supreme Court also asked the authorities concerned to ensure compliance of its order. On 11 August 2019, the temple of Sant Ravidas in Tughlakabad was demolished. In October, 2019, after several protests against the demolition of the temple, Supreme court allowed permanent construction of Guru Ravidas Temple in the place of where structure was demolished in August.

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and Saint

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himself

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