Sant Gurbachan Singh ji Khalsa
Sant Gurbachan Singh ji Khalsa | |
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| Office | Jathedar of Damdami Taksal |
| Successor | Giani Kartar Singh Bhindranwale |
Around the times of the creation of Pakistan Gurbachan Singh ji played a huge role in shaping he Sikh foundations in Punjab for he next centrury. He go over 100,000 people baptized into the Khalsa fold. He was the 12th Jathedar of the Damdami Taksal followed by Baba Kartar Singh ji. He would travel around in villages and towns and major cities doing katha and kirtan. He did santiya of SGGS many times (maybe over 7-8 times). He would hold smagams throughout Punjab some of which would coincide and join with other major body such as with Namdharis and others. He helped initiate thousands of akhand paths.
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Biography
7th Santiya Katha
After the annual meetup on 1938 month of Asu on full moon (sangand) at village Bhindra Sant Ji went to Gurdwara Akhand Prakash there and started the 7th Santiya Katha of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. At the beginning 48 Singhs joined the jatha to learn path and understand it's meanings. After staying at Bhindra for a while they all moved the location to village Metha (in Amritsar District) at two time Kirtan and Katha resumed.
8th Santiya Katha
1940 on Katik Puniya Avtar Gurpurb of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Sant Ji started his 8th Santha Katha of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji at Sant Kirpal Singh's Gurdwara in Rode village. The students from the previous Katha where there with about a total of about 80-85 Singhs present. Whilst still at Rode the students asked Sant ji after finishing santhiya katha of Shri Guru Nanak Prakash Granth to do Dasam Granth's santhiya which they started. On 1941 a few days before Visakhi the jatha travelled to Takht Sri Damdama Sahib for the annual Salana Jorh Mel and reached Talwandi Saboki. They then returned back to Rode where they would do Katha of Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji and then Katha of Dasam Granth. Sangat in large numbers would come to listen to Sant ji do katha with people coming in from the neighbouring regions Vairokai, Rajianai, Salasar, Lundai, Bhloor, Lunjaina to listen to katha or meet with old students, meet those with sharda or do satsangat.
12th Santiya Katha
After arriving at Puckkowal on February 15th Sant Ji began Akhand path on the 16th and on 18th did bhog after which he started the 15th Santhiya Katha of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. On the first day he only did just the katha of mool mantra. Every day the katha would be done and in the day also Sri Guru Nanak Prakash katha would be done too.
Death
Baba ji would get sick every now a days for a few days. Ultimately this sickness took his death. He had the choice to be saved but required an operation that would cut his hair so he refused and accepted death as the result.
Media
- Gurbachan Singh's entire Santiya of SGGS MP3 can be found on the web
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