Fresco depicting Bhai Kanhaiya seated on a terrace leaning against a bolster from Sri Khat Wari Darbar, Shikarpur, Sindh
Leader of the Sewapanthi sect
Preceded by
none (founder)
Succeeded by
Bhai Sewa Ram
Personal
Religion
Sikhism
Parent(s)
Mata Sundri Ji and Sri Nathu Ram Ji
Sect
Sewapanthi
Religious career
Teacher
Nanua Bairagi
Bhai Kanhaiya (1648–1718; also spelt as Bhai Ghanaiya[1]), known as Khat Waro Bao and Khaatwala Baba in Sindh,[2][3][4][5] born to Mata Sundari ji and father Sri Nathu Ram's home village Saudra district Sialkot now in Pakistan, was a Sikh of Guru Tegh Bahadur and was requested to establish the Sewapanthi or Addanshahi order of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh. He was known for pouring water for all the wounded members of the battlefield no matter whether they were Sikhs or fighting against the Sikhs.[6]
During his youth he also spent a lot of time in the company of Nanua Bairagi, who belonged to a Saini agriculture family[7][8] and was also a disciple and comrade of last three Sikh gurus. Nanua Bairagi was a renowned poet-mystic of Punjab[9] and he left a deep imprint on Bhai Kanhaiya's spiritual and humanitarian outlook in his formative years.[10]
^Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book (1st ed.). Edmonton, Alb., Canada: Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. p. 602. ISBN 0-9695964-2-1. OCLC 37769917. SEWA PANTHI : - This term is used sometimes for the associates of Bhai Ghanaiya Singh, the leader of the Sikh Red-Cross . Literally : Sewa Panthi is person whose life is devoted to the services (of the Sikh nation).
^Singh, Inderjeet (24 January 2018). "Sikhi & Sindhis". SikhNet.
^Sharma, T. R. (2005). Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Ruler and Warrior. Publication Bureau, Panjab University. p. 99. ISBN 9788185322353.
^Proceedings - Punjab History Conference, Volume 27, Part 1. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1991. p. 63. ISBN 9788173802201.
^Malkani, K. R. (1984). The Sindh Story. Allied. p. 152.
^Ranjit Singh (2013). Golden Crystal. Chandigarh: Unistar Books. p. 180. ISBN 9789351130482.
^Bhagata Siṅgha Hīrā (1988). "Ch. 6. A Contact with Bhakt Nanua". Bhai Kanhaiya, Beacon-light of Humanitarian Service & the Apostle of Peace. Sewa Jyoti Publications. p. 19. Bhai Kanhaiya would have hardly stepped in his teens that he, fortuitously, came across saint Nanua, an eminent gnostic and a heavenly-minded man. His company and precepts had lasting effect on his delicate mind.
^Bhagata Siṅgha Hīrā (1988). "Ch. 6. A Contact with Bhakt Nanua". Bhai Kanhaiya, Beacon-light of Humanitarian Service & the Apostle of Peace. Sewa Jyoti Publications. p. 22. Bhai Kanhaiya passed his early days in his company. He listened to his sermons with keen interest, enjoyed his charming communions with eagerness and moulded his character accordingly. His devotion to Nanua advanced every day. As a true devotee he adopted his every advice.
^Gurbachan Singh Talib (1973). Rose-garden of the Punjab: English renderings from Punjabi folk poetry. Punjabi University. p. 106. Nanua Bhagat is a renowned ascetic and mystic and a Punjabi poet of the classical school
^"Bhai Kanhaiya would have hardly stepped in his teens that he, fortuitously, came across saint Nanua, an eminent gnostic and a heavenly-minded man. His company and precepts had lasting effect on his delicate mind." Bhai Kanhaiya, Beacon-light of Humanitarian Service & the Apostle of Peace, Chapter 6- A Contact with Bhakt Nanua, p. 19, Bhagata Singha Hīrā, Published by Sewa Jyoti Publications, 1988
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