KURU-KSHETRA, KURU-CHHETRA (KULKHET, KULCHHET) If he goes to Kulkhet (Kurukshetra) at the time of the eclipse, and offers his bedecked wife, if he listens to all the Smritis with his ears, all these are of no avail if he indulges in calumny. (Gond Ravidas, p. 875) At first he (Guru Amar Das) came to Kulkhet (Kurukshetra) in order to celebrate the sacred day—festival of the True Guru. (Tukhari M. 4, p. 1116) Kurukshetra literally means \'the field of the Kurus\'. It is situated near Delhi, in the state of Haryana. The great war between Kauravas and Pandavas was fought here.
LAKKHU, BHAI, a pious Sikh of Lahore, lived in very poor circumstances. Because of his appearance, he was once denied entry to the feast Bhai Buddhu, the brick manufacturer, had laid out for the Sikhs, seeking their blessing for the success of his venture. Bhai Lakkhu thereupon pronounced a curse. Bhai Buddhu begged Guru Arjan to cancel it. But the Guru said he was unable to do so.
LAVAN is the title traditionally given a short fourslan/a composition by Guru Ram Das included under rdga Suhi (p. 773) in the Guru Granth Sahib. The word Idvdn, in the Indian tradition, also stands for the marriage ceremony: in Hindu society the couple reverentially circumambulates the holy fire to the singing of holy hymns from Hindu scriptures. Among Sikhs the couple circumambulates the Guru Granth Sahib, completing a circuiting as each of the quartets of Ldvdnis being sung or intoned (^^ANAND KARAJ). In the Sikh canonical literature the human soul is likened to a bride whose marriage (union) with Lordhusband is the ultimate end of human life.
MADHO, son of Ballu, was according to Bhatt Vahi Multani Sindhi, a devoted Sikh of the time of...
MAI DAS, a Vaisnavite sadhu of the village of Narli, now in Amritsar district of the Punjab, embraced Sikh faith at the hands of Guru Amar Das. As a wandering sadhu, he once visited Goindval and desired to meet the Guru, but since he was unable to comply with his injunction to partake of food in Guru ka Langar setting aside his caste scruple, he departed without seeing him. He, as says Sarup Das Bhalla, Mahima Prakash, had a vision while out on a pilgrimage to Dvaraka directing him to return to Goindval.
MALUKA, village in Bathinda district of the Punjab, 18 km east of Jaito (30°-26\'N, 74-53\'E), is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh who stopped here briefly travelling in the country in December 1705. Gurdwara Taruana Sahib Patshahi X is situated one kilometre east of the village marking the site where the Guru is said to have camped. According to Malva Des Ratan di Sakhi Pothi, a sadhu of the Divana order of mendicants came very early in the morning to meet the Guru, and, despite protestation by the Sikh on duty that the Guru was then sitting in meditation and was not to be disturbed, he tried to force his entry into the lent.
MANJH BHAI, a well to do Rajput of Doaba country, converted a Sikh and earned repute for his piety, selfless service and complete surrender to the Guru`s will. His real name was Tiratha and Manjh was his clan name. He had been a follower of Sultan Sakhi Sarwar, a Muslim saint, until he once visited Guru Arjan. He did not wish to leave the Guru`s presence and begged to be initiated a Sikh. He was told that to be a Sikh he would have to break away from his old beliefs and that he might thereby lose caste with his own people.
MATHRA DAS, BHAI, of Agra, was a pious Sikh of the lime of Guru Arjan. Although a poor labourer, the door of his humble house was always open for visiting Sikhs. The Guru, records Bhai Man! Singh, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid, was much impressed by his readiness to serve others in spite of his meagre means.
MIHARBAN, (1581-1640), the popular name of Manohar Das, who was the grandson of Guru Ram Das, fourth in spiritual descent from Guru Nanak, and son of Prithi Chand, the elder brother of Guru Arjan, Nanak V. Born on 9 January 1581, Miharban spent his early years in the company of his uncle, Guru Arjan, and imbibed from him scholarly inclination as well as literary taste. He was a man of ascetic temperament. To wean him from his solitary ways, his parents got him married in 1595.
MUHKAM SINGH, BHAI (1663-1705). born Muhkam Chand, one of the Panj Piare or the Five Beloved of honoured memory in the Sikh tradition, was the son of TIrath Chand, a cloth printer of Dvaraka in Gujarat. About the year 1685, he came to Anandpur, then the seat of Guru Gobind Singh. He practised the manly arts and took part in Sikhs` battles with the surrounding hill chiefs and imperial troops. He was one of the five who offered their heads in response to Guru Gobind Singh`s call on the Baisakhi day of 1699 and earned the appellation of Panj Piare. Initiated into the order of the Khalsa, Muhkam Chand received the common surname of Singh and became Muhkam Singh. Muhkam Singh died in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705.