[10][11] Nearly 160 years ago on land provided by Sikandar Lodi,[12] an ancestor named Roopa Nand dug out a pond in the area known as chamarwala johar in Khasra No.

An organization named Guru Ravidas Jainti Samaroh Samiti was formed in 1959 to build an ashram, Guru Ravidas temple and samadhi of Roopa Nand and other saints on 12350 square yards (ca.

The temple was inaugurated on 1 March 1959 by Dalit leader and then Union Railways minister Jagjivan Ram.

[14][15] Ravidas Gurughar was demolished by Delhi Development Authority following an 8 April 2019 Supreme Court order.

The Supreme Court also asked the authorities concerned to ensure compliance of its order.