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Kina Ram (1627 A.D – 1755 A.D[1][dubious ]) was an Indian Aghori Saint and Bhojpuri poet.[citation needed] He is the founder of the Kina Rami sect of saints.[citation needed] The sect emerged as an idea of resistance to social inequality and power dynamics of Banaras during the British Raj.[2]
Life edit
Kina Ram was born in 1627 A.D. on the 5th day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Bhaado.[citation needed] His parents were from Chandauli near Banaras.[3] He became an ascetic at very early age and became the disciple of Kalu Ram. He then established his dhuni (sitting throne of Aghoris) near the Krim Kund.[4]
Kina Rami Sect edit
He founded the Kina Rami sect. His Lineage and successors are as follows:[5]
- Bija Ram (leadership: 1771-81)
- Dautar Ram (leadership: 1781-1846)
- Gaibi Ram (leadership: 1846-57)
- Bhavani Ram (leadership: 1857-82)
- Jainarayan Ram (leadership: 1882-1927)
- Mathura Ram (leadership: 1927-41)
- Saryu Ram (leadership: 1941-44)
- Dalsingar Ram (leadership: 1944-49)
- Rajeshwar Ram (leadership: 1949-78)
- Siddhartha Gautam Ram (leadership: 1978-Unknown)
Works edit
Kina Ram worte four books:
- Vivek Sagar
- Ram Gita
- Ram Rasaal
- Gitavali
Bibliography edit
- Gupta, Roxanne Poormon (1993). The Politics of Heterodoxy and the Kina Rami Ascetics of Banaras.
- Barrett, Ron (2008). Aghor Medicine: Pollution, Death, and Healing in Northern India. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520941014.
- Upadhyay, Krishnadeo (1972). Bhōjpurī sāhitya kā itihaśa.
References edit
- ^ Singh, Rana B.P. "The Context of Students' March: Kashinath Singh's Our Front". Cultural Landscapes and the Lifeworld. Literary Images of Banaras (Kashi): 284–298.
- ^ Barrett 2008, p. 31.
- ^ Barrett 2008, p. 32.
- ^ Barrett 2008, p. 36.
- ^ Barrett 2008, p. 85.