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Sikh Mystics and Traditional scholars
ALMAST, BHAI
Tags: nanak, guru, almast, bhai, shrine, udasi, sect, sikh, mata, baba, pipal, called
ALMAST, BHAI (1553-1643), Sikh preacher and head of a dhuari or branch of the Udasi sect, was born in a Gaur Brahman family of Srinagar (Kashmir) on 26 August 1553. He was the son of Bhai Hardatt and Mai Prabha, and was the elder brother of Balu...
AMAR SINGH MAN
Tags: year, 1805, district, sukalgarh, career, died, quietly, fighting, lifelong, main, residence, fort
AMAR SINGH MAN (d. 1805), landowner in Amritsar district who left his village about the year 1759, adopted the Sikh faith and joined the Kanhaiya Misl. He overran and took possession of a large part of Gurdaspur district, including Sukalgarh and...
AMIR SINGH, GIANI
Tags: singh, giani, amir, dera, mahant, sikh, granth, head, sattovali, 1954, jawahar, gali
AMIR SINGH, GIANI (1870-1954), a widely revered Sikh school man, was born in 1870 at the village of Dargahi Shah in Jhang district, now in Pakistan. His parents, Prem Singh and Thakari Devi, a religious minded couple of modest means, admitted him at...
ANANDGHANA, SVAMI,
Tags: anandghana, commentary, tika, commentaries, patiala, nanak, singh, manuscript, anand, gosti, guru, years
ANANDGHANA, SVAMI, an Udasi sadhii known for the commentaries he wrote on some of the Sikh scriptural texts. Not much biographical detail is available about him, but references in his own works indicate that he was a disciple of Baba Ram Dayal, an...
ATAR SINGH ATLEVALE, SANT
Tags: singh, sikh, atar, sahib, sant, hari, kalan, atlevale, district, rawalpindi, devoted, dera
ATAR SINGH ATLEVALE, SANT (d. 1937), Sikh holy man and preacher, born in early fifties of the nineteenth century, was the eldest son of Bhai Kishan Singh and Mai Naraini, a devoted couple of Mirpur, in Jammu and Kashmir state. Atar Singh, originally...
ATAR SINGH, SANT
Tags: singh, atar, sant, reru, sahib, leave, battalion, gurdwara, rampur, village, sikh, 1887
ATAR SINGH, SANT (1867-1927), of Gurdwara Reru Sahib at Rampur, in Ludhiana district in the Punjab, was born in March 1867 at the village of Lopon, now in Faridkot district. He was the son of Lal Singh, the village headman. Atar Singh was married in...
ATAR SINGH, SANT
Tags: singh, atar, sant, reru, sahib, leave, battalion, gurdwara, rampur, village, sikh, 1887
ATAR SINGH, SANT (1867-1927), of Gurdwara Reru Sahib at Rampur, in Ludhiana district in the Punjab, was born in March 1867 at the village of Lopon, now in Faridkot district. He was the son of Lal Singh, the village headman. Atar Singh was married in...
BALU HASNA
Tags: guru, bhai, balu, hasna, baba, singh, udasi, gurditta, dehra, hargobind, punjab, sikh
BALU HASNA (1564-1660), Sikh preacher and the first head of a dhuan or branch of the Udasi sect, was born the son of Pandit Hardatt and Mai Prabha of Srinagar (Kashmir) on 13 November 1564.. His original name was Balu. Accompanying his elder...
BASANT SINGH, PANDIT
Tags: singh, pandit, basant, nirmal, dera, june, amritsar, kankhal, thikarivala, nirmala, young, village
BASANT SINGH, PANDIT (1868-1941). eminent Nirmala scholar which status is betokened by the prefix Pandit (meaning a man of surpassing learning) added to his name, was born on 26 June 1868, the son of Bhai Kala Singh of a Jatt Sikh family of...
BIR SINGH, BABA
Tags: singh, baba, sikh, ranjit, maharaja, prince, dera, holy, death, army, 1844, general
BIR SINGH, BABA (1768-1844), soldier become religious preacher and saint, was born in July 1768 at the village of Gaggobua, in Amritsar district of the Punjab, the son of Seva Singh and Dharam Kaur. After the death of his father in one of the...

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