BHIKHA BHATT

BHIKHA(pronounced as Bhikkha), BHATT. a Brahman bard of Sultanpur Lodhi in present day Kapurthala district of the Punjab, became a Sikh receiving the rites of initiation at the hands of Guru Amar Das. He lived up to the time of Guru Arjan to whom he introduced sixteen other Brahman minstrels from his community. They sang in his presence praises to God and the Gurus. Some of their compositions were included by Guru Arjan in the Guru Granth Sahib. One of the two stanzas by Bhikha recounts his wanderings in search of a true saint ending with his ultimate success by the grace of God. “Lord,” sang the bard, “hath caused me to meet the Guru; as thou wiliest for me so must I receive 0 God !”

References :

1. Macauliffe, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909
2. Mani Singh, Bhai, Si`khari di Bhagat Mala. Amritsar, 1955
3. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 1926-37