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A dera is a type of socio-religious organization in northern India . Jacob Copeman defines the deras as "monasteries or the extended residential sites of religious leaders; frequently just glossed as sect". Several deras started out as non-orthodox Sikh sects, and many of them are now centres of distinct non-Sikh religious movements. Many Deras have attracted a large number of outcast Dalits, who earlier embraced Sikhism to escape the Hindu casteism, but felt socially excluded by the Jat Sikh-dominated clerical establishment.

sikhism monasteries dalits

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  1. Kahn Singh Nabhaa 2004, p. 421.
  2. Surinder Singh 2009, p. 33.
  3. Surinder Singh & Jasbir Singh 2017, pp. 149-150.
  4. Ronki Ram 2007, p. 4067.
  5. Ronki Ram 2007, p. 4066.
  6. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, p. 341.
  7. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, p. 342.
  8. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, p. 336.
  9. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, p. 344.
  10. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, p. 343.
  11. Ronki Ram 2007, p. 4068.
  12. Harjot Oberoi 1996, p. 273.
  13. Meeta & Rajivlochan 2007, p. 1911.
  14. Ronki Ram 2007, p. 4072.
  15. Doris R. Jakobsh 2014, pp. 176-177.
  16. Jacob Copeman 2012, p. 156.
  17. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, pp. 336-337.
  18. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, p. 335.
  19. Ashutosh Kumar 2014, pp. 342-343.
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