Adi Dharm Adi Dharma movement. Both groups approached the Lahore Headquarters of Adi Brahmo Samaj for recognition which was denied to both. This led to rivalry and inducements from all sides including Arya Samaj, Christian missionaries, Sikhism etc. causing considerable confusion in the Northern Provinces as to who represents "Adi Dharma" here. The major controversy at this time concerned many depressed caste Sikhs of "Chamar" grade in a supposedly casteless Sikhism rediscovered Ravidass's teachings of the 14th century (claimed by them to be incorporated in Guru Granth Sahib) and got themselves registered as "Adi -Dharmi's" in the 1921 and 1931 Census of
Adi Dharm the timeless and formless One God, and its adherents as Adi-Dharmis (or worshipers of the ancient formless indivisible One god "Brahma" or the "Parambrahma" "The One without a Second" or "EkAdavaitam"). Although the doctrine of Adi Dharma is superficially similar to other reformatory "sects" of Hinduism which speak of "different paths to One God", the core beliefs of Adi Dharm irrevocably place Adi Dharm and Brahmoism as the youngest of India's none religions beyond the pale of "Hinduism's catholicism and elasticity". The core Adi-Dharma doctrinal beliefs differing from Brahmanical Hinduism include: The Adi Dharma religion was started by Ram Mohan