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Fakir Chand Das is a frontrunner and social employee and has contested meeting elections a number of instances within the final 25 years.
Fakir Chand Das is a resident of Chaugain village in Gaya district
Ravidas is among the poet-saints of the Bhakti motion through the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries CE. He taught the removing of social divisions of caste and gender and promoted unity within the pursuit of private religious freedom. Just lately, one in all his followers gained consideration as he selected to stay barefoot for the remainder of his life. In line with stories, Fakir Chand Das, a resident of Chaugain village in Bankey Bazar block of Gaya district, at all times stays barefoot. It doesn’t matter to him whether or not it’s winter or summer time, paved highway or unpaved highway. He has been strolling barefoot for the final 50 years. If any time he wears it, as quickly as he regains consciousness, he takes off all his sneakers and slippers.
Fakir Chand Das is a frontrunner and social employee and has contested meeting elections a number of instances within the final 25 years. He was initially in Congress for years, has modified sides from a number of events, and is now in RJD.
Other than contesting Bodh Gaya meeting elections on a Congress ticket, he has contested elections from Imamganj twice as an impartial and as a JAP candidate in 2020. Fakir Chand Das has been a district councillor since 2001.
Speaking to Native 18, Fakir Chand Das says that he’s spiritual, and as a result of his spiritual nature, he doesn’t put on sneakers or slippers. He additionally stated that he’s a descendant of Saint Ravidas.
Saint Ravidas’s devotees used to make others put on sneakers and slippers however didn’t put on them themselves. Fakir Chand says that he believes within the rules of Saint Ravidas and Bhim Rao Ambedkar. “Since I’ve gained consciousness, I’ve vowed to not put on sneakers and slippers; I’ve pledged to spend my total life with out sneakers and slippers. He stated that in these days many individuals didn’t have sneakers and slippers on their ft. Many individuals weren’t capable of put on them as a result of lack of cash,” he stated.
Fakir Das additionally stated that his religion is so deep that he doesn’t miss any puja or prayer. He takes half in all of the pujas and rituals held all year long. He has vowed to not put on sneakers or slippers all through his life in order that no residing creature will get injured by being crushed by his ft.
“Identical to Lord Rama went to exile barefoot. Even sages and saints used to stroll barefoot. Equally, I’ve additionally resolved that I cannot put on sneakers or slippers all through my life,” he added.
