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SABHAGA, BHAI
Tags: bhai, hargobind, guru, 1970, patiala, singh, gurbilas, patshahi, chhevin, japu, reciting, bestowed
SABHAGA, BHAI, Guru Hargobind`s devoted disciple who plied a prosperous trade in the western parts. He once arrived with an offering of five well bred and costly horses. Guru Hargobind, then at Ruhela, the scene of one of the armed engagements of...
SACH KHAND GURUDWARA,CHUHRKANA
Tags: sugar, merchant, sand, mardana, baba, bags, checked, feet, gurdwara, right!, road, built
SACH KHAND GURUDWARA,CHUHRKANA, This holy shrine stands gloomily in the fields on the other side of the railway line only one kilometer from Gurdwara Sachcha Sauda. It was this spot where Baba Mardana had said that he was feeling hungry. Some...
SACHCHA SAUDA, GURDWARA
Tags: singh, nanak, guru, janam, sakhi, bala, father, pakistan, sikh, amritsar, bhai, gurdwara
SACHCHA SAUDA, GURDWARA, at Chuharkana in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan, celebrates a popularly told event from the lit of Guru Nanak. According to Bhai Bala janam Sakhi, Guru Nanak`s father, Baba Kalu, to settle his son in a permanent vocation...
SACHCHAN SACHCH
Tags: sachch, guru, sachchan, amar, woman, bhalla, samp, mahima, naked, singh, patiala, told
SACHCHAN SACHCH, a simple Brahman so nicknamed for his habit of responding with "sachch, sachch (true, true)" to anything said to him, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Amar Das. Leaving his native village, Mandar, now in Sheikhupura district...
SADA RAUR, SARDARNI
Tags: singh, kaur, sada, ranjit, daughter, sher, lahore, marriage, hand, sukkarchakkia, maharaja, mahitab
SADA RAUR, SARDARNI (1762-1832); Daughter of Dasaundha Singh Gill was married to Gurbakhsh Singh, son of Jai Singh, leader of the Kanhaiya clan. As the menace of Ahmad Shall Durrani`s incursions receded, conflicts broke out among the Sikh misl...
SADDA SINGH
Tags: singh, district, dhanaura, villages, sadda, account, established, quarter, conquered, ambala, headquarters, neighborhood
SADDA SINGH was the son of Hazuri Singh, an Uppal Khatri owing allegiance to the Karorsinghia misi, who lived at Panjgarh in Amritsar district. Sadda Singh, whose father was the first in the family to receive the rites of the Khalsa, took up...
SADDA SINGH, PANDIT
Tags: singh, sadda, kashi, bhakti, sanskrit, learning, school, nirmal, means, pandit, amritsar, translated
SADDA SINGH, PANDIT, was a Nirmala scholar, who read Sanskrit with Pandit Chet Singh of Kashi. He attained such mastery of Sanskrit learning that his teacher made over to him his school before he died. The Pandits of Kashi honored him with the...
SADDHU, BHAI
Tags: guru, bhai, singh, pratap, granth, santokh, suraj, lahore, arjan, mughal, apprehended, authority
SADDHU, BHAI, resident of Lahore, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Arjan. According to Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth, the Guru was putting up with him at his residence in Lahore when Chandu Shah, who had had a hand in the...
SADDU
Tags: singh, guru, bhai, santokh, pratap, amritsar, granth, suraj, 1927, performed, players, rebeck
SADDU and his brother Maddu were rebeck players in attendance on Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) at Anandpur. They performed kirtan for the Guru.
SADH BELA
Tags: singh, pakistan, sadh, bela, travels, nanak, guru, surindar, numbers, living, chandigarh, kohli
SADH BELA, near Sakkhar in the Sindh province of Pakistan, was a prominent preaching center of Udasi Sikhs. It was established in 1823 by Bankhandi (d. 1863), a leading figure in the Mihanshahi order of the Udasis. Sadh Bela still attracts...

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