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Gauḍīya-sampradāya there is authorized system by the Gosvāmīns, and there is a big book which is called Hari-bhakti-vilāsa

There was agitation in India, perhaps you know, that Gandhi stamped some persons as harijana. Harijana. They were coming from the bhaṅgīs. So Gandhi thought that "I shall make these bhaṅgīs and camars as harijana, as great devotees." And simply by rubber-stamping, harijana? No.

So in this way harijana can be made, but not that you pick up somebody nonsense and rubber-stamp this "harijana."

There is no hindrance for anyone to become harijana. Harijana means God's person or devotee. Hari means God, Kṛṣṇa, and jana means His person. So harijana means the servants of the Supreme Lord. So that is not ordinary thing. There is no harm to create harijana by regular process, but you cannot make harijana simply by stamping