Explore the life of Pritam Das, a revered Udasi saint who established the Parichayali Akhara and Nirban Akhara, shaping Udasi Sikh history.
DALIP SINGH (1894-1921), who fell a martyr at Nankana Sahib on the morning of 20 February 1921, was born to Karam Singh and Har Kaur in January 1894 at the village of Sahoval, in Sialkot district, now in Pakistan. Two of his three brothers having died young, Dalip Singh was brought up by his parents with extra attention and care. He was educated at Sarigia, Daska and Gujranwala. While at school, he developed a keen interest in Sikh history and gurbani, utterances of the Gurus, i.e. Sikh religious texts.
DEVA SINGH NAROTAM, PANDIT (d. 1924), Nirmala scholar, was the son of Mahitab Singh of the village of Janetpura, 13 km north of Jagraori (30° 47`N, 75° 28`E), in Ludhiana district of the Punjab. He received his early lessons in the Sikh texts at the hands of Bhai Gurdit Singh and then left home to continue his studies under Sant Nattha Singh of Gurdwara Tapiana Sahib at Khadur Sahib, in Amritsar district, and later under Sant Mahna Singh (d. 1890) at the Nirmala dera or monastery at Khandur, near Mullaripur, in Ludhiana district. He accompanied Sant Mahna Singh to Bhai Rupa, a village 18 km north of Rampura Phul in Bathinda district, to join the Nirmala monastery called Dera Khuharivala. Here, Deva Singh, already reputed enough as a scholar to be known as pandit (lit. learned scholar), was put by his mentor through a course of comparative study of gurbani in the light of his knowledge of Sanskrit and Vedanta.
Discover the inspiring journey of Pandit Sadhu Singh, a distinguished Nirmala scholar and Shri Mahant of the Nirmal Pahchayati Akhara.
DAUDHAR DERA, a school for training Sikh musicians popularly known as Vadda Dera, was established in 1859 by Sant Suddh Singh (d. 1882) at Daudhar, village 22 km southeast of Moga (30° 48`N, 75° 10`E), in Faridkot district of the Punjab. Suddh Singh was a disciple of Thakur Didar Singh, a Nirmala saint ofManuke, with whom he studied Sikh texts. According to local tradition, a chance meeting with a bairagi sadhu, formerly a court musician to a chief in Uttar Pradesh from where he had migrated at the time of the uprising of 1857, led Suddh Singh to invite him to his Dera to teach classical music to the inmates.
Explore the life of Pandit Tara Singh Narotam, a prominent Nirmala scholar known for his contributions to Sikh literature and Vedantic interpretation.
Explore the legacy of Gajja Singh, an eminent Sikh classical music maestro from Punjab, celebrated for his unique style and expertise in traditional Sikh kirtan.
Discover Ghanaur Jattan, a sacred site in Punjab. Visit the Manji Sahib commemorating Guru Hargobind & Guru Tegh Bahadur amidst rich cultural history.
Explore the historic 1934 Guru Nanak Sarbsampradai Conference aimed at uniting Sikh sects under Guru Nanak's teachings. Discover its key resolutions.
