Ramraiya

Ramraiya
ਰਾਮਰਾਈਆ
Painting of a Ramraiya ascetic of Varanasi from a folio of a manuscript of the Silsilah-i-Jogiyan, ca.1800
Founder
Ram Rai
Regions with significant populations
PunjabUttarakhand (Dehradun)
Religions
Sikhism
Languages
Punjabi

Ramraiyas (Gurmukhi: ਰਾਮਰਾਈਆ; rāmarā'ī'ā), also referred to as Ram Raiyas, are a Sikh sect that follow Ram Rai, the excommunicated eldest son of Guru Har Rai (1630–61).[1]

  1. ^ "Rām Rāiyā", Encyclopædia Britannica