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Nirankari Guru Baba Hardev Singh, his wife and mother.
1)- Many years ago, when I was not aware of this Nirankari Mission but was fond of reading books, I read a book on this fake mission which I found totally against the Indian culture and values. By bowing to each other and touching feet of each other without bothering the age difference shocked me.
In India
By touching the feet of our elders, we seek blessings. The words spoken by elders to youngsters to bless, sometimes work like a miracle. I have experienced it so many times in my life. Bur remember this also if any elder touches the feet of youngster, he takes away the powers of that youngster, so one should always avoid this situation and never allow the elders to touch your feet.
Though in Nirankari Mission they follow the wrong tradition in following this ritual.
2)- Another fact which I read in the book was also shocking. The Avtar Singh, the grandfather of present sect guru-Baba Hardev Singh had claimed that he could show the god on his palm. To hear this claim, some prominent Sikh scohlars went to test him and his miraculous powers. Five Sikhs were chosen for this task. They went to his (avtar Singh’s) residence to test his claim. The message of their arrival was sent inside and they were asked to wait.
After a few minutes, Avtar Singh came to see them. The Sikhs asked him very humbly that they have come to know about his miraculous powers and they too wish to see the god. Avtar Singh just laughed and replied them that it won’t take any long time and that he could show the God to them in less than the time a couple takes to copulate.
By hearing such a foolish reply, all those Sikhs were stunned and looked upon each other’s face in disgust. They immediately got up and left the place.
There finding was that the holy person who talks of sex and lust, how could he show the God?
I am sure someone would be having that book.
So I have decided to shed some light on Nirankaris through this blog, who (Nirankaris) copies good things from Sikh religion but preaches the copied material in their language to attract the visitors/strangers to lure them to their sect.
3)- I witnessed one more objectionable ritual in Nirankaris. When the Langar is prepared and ready to distribute, the Thali is brought before the person seated on the Chair in the congregation and offered him to eat first. He takes one bite of all the dishes and returns the Thali full with remaining food. This food is then mixed in the rest of the prepared Langar. The tasted biten stuff is thus mixed and called – ACCEPTED BY GOD, and then distributed in public.
After fall of Sikh Raj (empire) in 1849, the Sikh religion was subjected to onslaught by the Chrishtian missioneries . A little success they get to lure some ignorant Sikhs or some in greed and got converted , embraced Chrishtianity. Later on the same attempts were made by Arya Samaj. Brahmins had got success to invade Sikh religion once again and succeded to place the idols of Hindu gods and goddesses in Sikh Gurdwaras.. Sikhs were encouraged to visit hardwar
The Fanatic Sant Nirankari Cult baits their fellow Sikhs
With the Fanatic "Sant Nirankari" Sect, Indira Gandhi hoped to destroy Sikh unity by attempting to rip apart the fabric of the Sikh religion. In the 1970s, she gave their leader, Gurbachan, a diplomatic passport so that he could travel the world and spread his blasphemous "preaching".
The Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji belittled
He openly declared that he would put his foot on the Guru Granth Sahib, claimed that the 11th Guru was just a bundle of papers and that he was the real Guru. These "Nirankaris" were first thought of as a menace but ignored, then in Vaisakhi 1978, they held a procession shouting filthy slogans against the Satguru and shouting insults at the Sikh religion. About 125 GurSikhs decided to hold a peaceful protest against the procession of Nirankaris. The Nirankaris had named themselves Bibi Nanaki ji, Bhagat Kabir ji and other names to insult Sikhs. The Nakali Nirankari leader said that Guru Gobind Singh made the Panj Pyarai (5 beloved ones) and so he would make sat sitarai (7 stars).
Bloody Massacre at Amritsar, Vaisakhi 1978
On 13th April 1978 sikhs gathered at Amritsar Amritsar
All the Sikh Sangat knew very well that
the Nakali Nirankaris had been doing these things for the past few years. The
Nirankaris had given degrading names to some GurSikhs including Mata Tripta Ji,
Bhai Gurdas Ji, Bibi Nanaki Ji, Baba Budha Ji, Bhai Lalo Ji, Bhagat Kabir Ji.
They called the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji a bundle of papers, and they called
Kar Sewa, Bikar Sewa. The Nakali Nirankari leader said that Guru Gobind Singh
Ji had made 5 Panj Pyarai, I shall make 7. Once he had even dared to place his
foot on the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Bhai Fauja Singh heard the news from the
loudspeaker when he was kneading dough for the langar. He washed his hands and
rushed to the congregation. He delivered a short speech, explaining the dire
situation and drew a line, as had Baba
Deep Singh long ago,
asking for those who are willing to receive martyrdom to cross it. Bhai
Joginder Singh Talwara asked children and women not to go. However many
"Bibian" still insisted on going. After performing Ardas, the
Gursikhs bowed before the Satguru and went off to Ramdas Niwas.
Upon reaching
Ramdas Niwas they found that the procession had finished. The Gursikhs then
decided that they should go to the place where the Nirankaris had gathered and
do a peaceful protest against the insults shouted at the Satguru. It is known
that some of the Sikhs of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha and the Bhindra (Damdami
Taksal) Jatha reached the Reego
Bridge
The insults could be heard clearly from
where they were standing. They told the police that they wanted to do a protest
against the organisers of the gathering about the shouting of these insults. A
police officer told the Singhs that he would go and stop the Nirankaris and for
them to remain there. The police officer went to where the Nirankaris had
gathered and the Sikhs waited for 30 minutes for him to return. On his return
there were more policemen with him. Joshi D.S.P told the Jatha of Singhs to go
back and that the meeting had finished a long time ago.
But, even then, the violence provoking
speeches could be heard over the Sant Nirankari's loudspeakers. It was then
that about 5-6000 uniformed Nirankaris carrying rifles, guns, spears, swords,
sticks and even bows and arrows rushed the 2-300 unarmed Jatha of Singhs and
within seconds attacked adding stones, acid bottles, hand-made bombs to the
weapons already mentioned. The Singhs that were hit with bullets fell to the
ground were they were butchered with swords, spears and axes. When the ground
became covered with bodies of the dead and wounded, the police fired tear gas,
but even that was towards the Jatha of Singhs, so the Nirankaris received even
more help and the Singhs received even more injuries.
The Sikh martyred on 13th April 1978 in Amritsar by the goons, with the consent of Nirankari Guru Gurbachan Singh.
LIST OF 13 SINGH SHAHEED:-
1- BHAI GURDIAL SINGH
2- BHAI FAUJA SINGH>
3- BHAI AVTAR SINGH KURALA
4- BHAI RAGHBIR SINGH
5- BHAI KEWAL SINGH
6- BHAI PIARA SINGH
7- BHAI HARI SINGH
8- BHAI HARBHJAN SINGH
9- BHAI GURCHARAN SINGH
10- BHAI DHARAMVEER SINGH
11- BHAI RANBIR SINGH
12- BHAI AMRIK SINGH
13- BHAI DARSHAN SINGH >>
BHAI FAUJA SINGH JI lead the jatha to Nirankari Smagam.
On
4th February 1980 Gurbachan (Nirankari) and 64 associates accused in the case
of the murder of 13 Sikhs on April 13, 1978 were acquitted. Mr. Gupta, the
session-Judge of Karnal, said in his judgement. "The case of the prosecution
was intrinsically wrong. It was all frame-up and after thought." On the
other hand the Sikhs alleged that the Nirankaris had bribed the Judge for the
acquittal of the criminals. It was disclosed that the Judge received one million Rupees as
a bribe. As a result of this judgement, the Sikh community lost its
faith in the Indian Judicial system.
Bhai Fauja
Singh was fired upon by the Superintendent of Police, who emptied his
32-calibre pistol into Bhai Fauja Singh`s chest. These were not the only
bullets Fauja Singh was to receive that day, but he kept standing, uttering
only "Waheguru". Two Sikhs attempted to carry the still breathing and
chanting Bhai Fauja Singh to the hospital for treatment, but those two were
arrested by the Police. Bhai Fauja Singh`s body was taken by the Police and put
into the "Dead Wagon". Again, another Sikh came upon Bhai Fauja Singh
and found him breathing as he continued to utter "Waheguru". He
attempted to help, but half an hour later, when Bibi Amarjit Kaur arrived, Bhai
Sahib had attained martyrdom.
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The Eye Witness Account of Dalbir Singh;
Dalbir Singh was a former communist who had devoted himself to trade union activities for more than a decade, and is one of many who believe that the Nirankaris had fought the Sikhs with a pre-conceived plan. At the time of the clash he was a correspondent of "The Tribune", based at Amritsar.
"It was 13 April 1978 afternoon. I had returned home from a routine beat of Amritsar. I was taking a nap after lunch when the telephone rang. Someone, who refused to identify himself, told me that several persons have been killed in a firing at the Nirankari convention. I rushed out to the stadium at the railway colony. There were many dead bodies that were strewn outside the venue of the convention. I did not yet know what had happened. I wondered around and met Govind Singh, a son-in-law of the Nirankari Guru, on the stage of the convention. Govind Singh first led me to a tent in which there were many armed persons. He entered it but immediately turned to lead me to another tent in which some Nirankaris were chatting with Deputy Superintendent of Police. I approached him and explained that I had seen some armed men who might have been the killers. The officer, however, ignored this information. The next day, the police searched the Nirankari center in Amritsar for the killers and their weapons. They had let the killers scatter, when they could still have been nearby, to catch scapegoats one day after the incident."
Dalbir Singh maintains that the local administration had allowed the main culprits to escape (Courtesy :Ram Narayan Kumar)
D.S.P Joshi was responsible for shooting Bhai Fauja Singh, and not allowing any of the GurSikhs medical attention. Eventually the police took the bodies of the "Shaheed Singhs" to the morgue, and some wounded Singhs were taken to hospital.
The astonishing thing is that the gathering of the Nirankaris continued for 3 and a half hours after this bloody massacre. It has also become known that the D.C of Gurdaspur Naranjan Singh I.A.S and other senior officers were present in the gathering during the killing of the unarmed Singhs. It is clear that the authorities of the Amritsar district allowed the Nakali Nirankaris to do the procession in the Sikhs main city Amritsar on Vaisakhi. The authorities are guilty of allowing the Nirankaris complete freedom and not dealing with them properly at the right time, and they should have been punished accordingly.
The government did make a Panel of Doctors for the post mortem of the dead bodies. It has become known that Mr Janjooha D.C ordered the post mortems of some of the Singhs to be done only by one doctor and the government orders were not carried out. The D.C was also involved with the Nirankaris.
The press also printed the news details of the incident incorrectly. The Singhs of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha and the Bhindra Jatha were called fanatics. Harbhajan Singh Yogi responded stating, "Today I read the newspaper report in which it was said, ‘ a body of fanatic Sikhs’. If doing kirtan and defending the good name of our father Guru Gobind Singh Ji makes us fanatics, then we welcome this allegation. Remember, those who do not defend the grace of their father are never worthy of respect on the earth. These martyrs of Amritsar have shown us that we shall live in grace; if it is not possible, we choose to die in grace."
The killing of the Jatha of Singhs by the Nirankari leader Gurbachan Singh was a very big crime. We ask where did these acid bottles, bricks, stones, guns, pistols, spears, swords and sticks come from? By giving the order to kill the Singhs, the leader of the Nirankaris Gurbachan Singh was the main guilty party of the bloody massacre and should have been punished severely for this according to the law.
In this bloody massacre 13 Singhs were martyred and there were more than 70 wounded. Many of them left wives and children. The names of the 13 Shaheed Singhs are -:
Courtesy: Akhand Kirtani Jatha, UK.
One of the major achievements of Lahore Khalsa Diwan was to take the Sikhs out of Arya-Samajist grip. Swami Daya Nand founder of the Arya Samaj came to Punjab in 1887. In the earlier days, Singh Sabha and Arya Samaj used to preach together in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib. Bhai Dit Singh was one of the great speakers and writer who worked shoulder to shoulder with Arya Samaj. But shortly afterwards Swami Daya Nand started denouncing Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak Dev and attacked Sikh Gurus and Sikh religion. Such attacks by Arya Samajists greatly annoyed Bhai Jawahar Singh and Bhai Dit Singh and they broke off with the Arya Samaj. They had great dynamic personalities and had intense desire to serve the cause of Sikhism. They came under the fold of Professor Gurmukh Singh and started a newspaper in Punjabi called Khalsa Akhbar. Bhai Dit Singh wrote scores of articles, pamphlets and books and created a strong opinion in favour of Singh Sabha movement. Bhai Dit Singh worked untiringly to restore Sikhism to its pristine purity and glory.
Another person who came under influence of Professor Gurmukh Singh was Bhai Kahn Singh of Nabha who produced such great works for Sikhism as Hum Hindu Nahi, Gurmat Prabhakar, Gurmat Sudhakar and Mahan Kosh. These books articulai Sikh doctrines most clearly and helped to de-Hinduize the Sikhs. As a result the efforts of Khalsa Diwan, the Khalsa College at Amritsar
The enlightened section of Sikh community were perturbed on the growing laxity of character and irreligiousness among them. A number of saintly Sikh thinkers began to assert themselves in order to restore the faith to its original purity, to revive and revitalise the Sikh way of worship, life and conduct. This reformist zeal gave birth to two reform movements known as Nirankari and Namdhari movements.
Nirankari Movement;
This movement was started by Baba Dayal Das who was born in 1783 in Peshawar
The Nirankari Sikh movement did creditable work in fighting Brahmanical autocracy which had invaded the Sikhs and pervaded their faith. But as Baba Dayal Das did not keep unshorn hair and beard, he, inspite of his excellent noble qualities, failed to observe the Khalsa Rehat and therefore could not be accepted as a leader by the Sikh community as a whole. His followers brought further deviations in the norms of Sikhism: they greeted each other with the words 'Dhann Nirankar' and they have a different flag of their own. They also have made some changes in Ardas (Sikh prayer). After the partition of India , Baba Hara Singh established a centre at Chandigarh
To avoid any confusion it is necessary to mention that Sant Nirankari Mission or Mandal was started by seccessionist Nirankari and is not the same as Nirankari sect. The Nirankar Mandal was registered in Delhi
Leadership Evaluation
During the period from 1850 to 1925 covered in the foregoing discussion, we find that the leaders who started Nirankari and Namdhari Movements did not practice in pure form the Khalsa Rehat Maryada. Even though they brought reform in Sikhism by fighting and checking the ingress of influence and practices of Hinduism and Brahminism into Sikhism.
(Green colored contents are of Sd. Kapoor Singh ji).
Some Introduction of Nirankaris;
· Nirankar;
The exact description of Nirankar (or formless God) below is taken from the official Sant Nirankari website.
The devotees of Sant Nirankari Mandal have no special place of worship like a temple, Mosque, Church or a Gurudwara. They too believe in a formless God so to mark his omnipresence they do not build any place to worship him. They have a common place to meet and shape their activities in every city known as Satsang place/Nirankari Bhawan.
In their congregation, they choose the hymns from all religious books and read them for common use or to share commonly. They do not believe in any religion so their followers are from all religions irrespective of color, Caste, Creed or race. They believe in mass strength not in quality. They welcome all persons from all countries. No discrimination is said to be found in rich and poor, literate or illiterate.
All these qualities are taken from Sikh religion. Their ideology is not new.
· Basic ideology;
The fundamental beliefs of the Sant Nirankari Mission include:
- God exists.
- God is a single entity, though He has been called by several different names such as Allah, Ishwar etc. throughout history.
- God is formless and therefore may also be called as (Nirankar)
- God can be personally realised. In fact, God realisation is the sole purpose of human life.
- All human beings are God's children.
- A True Spiritual Guide reveals God. Without a True Master, a human being cannot attain God-realisation.
- There is only a single True Master in the world at any present time.
- If a human being wishes to gain God Knowledge, they must ask for it.
- God can be seen.
- Following the five principles (see below) is essential for attaining God-realisation.
(Reference: SNM Ideology section and Avtar Bani)
· Five Principals;
During the session in which a devotee receives Divine Knowledge, the devotee is also introduced to the Five Principles that he/she must practice to the best of their ability.
1. All assets – physical, mental and material – belong to the Divinity and man, as a mere trustee, should use them as such. One should not feel proud of their possession
2. Not to be proud of one's caste, creed, race, faith and other class distinctions and hate others on this account. All men should be regarded as such. One has to feel himself as one with whole human family and love the mankind.
3. Not to look down upon anybody because of his mode of dress, diet and living.
4. Not to renounce worldly life to become a vagrant recluse or ascetic but to lead family life in accordance with normal social norms and sustain family by honest livelihood.
5. Not to divulge the Divine Knowledge bestowed by the Satguru to others without his permission. Never to be possessed by pride because of enlightenment.
The original description of the Five Principles may also be founding Avtar Bani Verses 9A to 9E. The explanation of these verses may also be found in the book titled The Unique mission, authored by Amrik Singh.
· Satsang;
Sant Nirankari members have no particular place of worship as it is considered that regardless of wherever you are, whatever you are doing, you can worship formless God. The members meet at places called Satsang Bhawans (Congregation Halls), to share their spiritual experiences and praise the almighty formless God. The mission believes that congregations help devotees to strengthen their faith, increase their devotion towards Nirankar and attain spiritual steadfastness. This is reflected by the verse 56 of Avtar Bani, which says that "Seek the company of True Saint, this will bring spiritual glow on your face; seek the company of True Saint, this will remove impurity from your heart." (Please note that there are other verses 57, 112, 138 and 223 that elaborate on this point. Please also refer to the Punjabi version for the original description as this is only an English translation)
The congregations are open to all without any discrimination of religion, caste, nationality, colour or race, and irrespective of whether one is rich or poor, and literate or illiterate. Holy scriptures of different religions or sects are also read and the common aim of all religions i.e. selfless love for all is stressed upon.
In Satsang Bhawans a chair on a stage (platform) is reserved for a pre-decided devotee who will represent the Satguru and other devotees pay respect to Satguru by bowing down to him. Another devotee, known as stage secretary, sits on stage floor and manages events.
Nirankari's also bow down (to touch the feet) of one another irrespective of age, gender, financial or social position as they believe and perceive the presence of God in all. Touching each others feet is also seen as a practice useful in removing pride or ego from a devotee's mind.
· A typical Nirankari congregation;
A few minutes before the satsang is due to begin, the stage secretary or another appointed devotee sings verses from the Avtar Bani. The Nirankari congregation usually then begins with the following verse (Thou Formless One 1; Avtar Bani), reproduced below. (Note that the congregation usually sings this in Punjabi language, but the English translation of this verse is available here). Normally, devotees present in the congregation sing along with person on the stage, but there is not a strict obligation to do so.
The congregation then proceeds and this is where most of the variation between different congregations occurs. Devotees at this stage are called upon to express themselves. This can be either in the form of a speech, poem or a devotional hymn but sometimes plays may also be enacted. To gain a greater insight of the kinds of hymns, speeches, poems and plays presented in the congregations, the reader is referred to the youth section of the official website. The website also hosts a whole range of regional and national congregations in audio-visual format under the Archives section, some of which may be in English. It may also be of interest to know that most devotees begin and end their presentation by saying "Saints say with love, Dhan Nirankar" or its Punjabi/Hindi equivalent.
Towards the beginning of the final discourse by the saint presiding on the stage, the congregation recites the following verse (Invocation; Avtar Bani), reproduced below. (Note that the congregation usually sings this in Punjabi language, but the English translation of the invocation is available here). The speech from the presiding saint is usually of the longest duration, but may vary anything from 15 minutes to an hour. Some presiding saints use a selected Avtar Bani verse that they may like to base their speech upon. In that case, the stage secretary reads about two lines of a particular verse at regular intervals during the speech.
· Sewa Dal (Volunteer group);
While the Sant Nirankari Mission is a spiritual movement, it believes that devotion to Nirankar (formless God) may be expressed by exemplary behaviour towards other human beings. The Mission
This Sewa Dal (Volunteer Group) is meant to service of humanity but in 1978, when they were doing a samagam in Amritsar, gurbachan singh, the then Guru of this sect, did disrespect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji by seated himself higher then Guru ji. The reports reached to Sant Jarnail Singh ji bhindranwala in Amritsar
The matter was reported to Police but Police could not dare to arrest Gurbachan Singh but by the influentials in high ups like Lala Jagat Narain and the Chief Secretary of Punjab govt, who was his followers helped him to escape to Delhi.
This provoked the Sikhs throughout the world. Immediately a religious order was issued from the highest seat of Sikh religion – The Akal Takhat Sahib against the Nirankaris. Sikhs were ordered to boycott them and all kind of dealings be refused in a social society means –A SOCIAL BOYCOTT OF NIRANKARI SECT.
Ultimately this Gurbachan Singh was shot dead to avenge the killings of 13 innocents, unarmed Sikhs. He had to pay the price.
Such duties are taken from this sewa dal by this sect.
Dhan Nirankar (Hail the formless God);
The English translation of this greeting Dhan Nirankar, which is used by all Nirankaris, means "Hail the Formless God". It symbolises that the devotee seeks to "welcome the Formless in the person he meets and eulogise only 'Him' in his or her 'auspicious' company"
· Avtar Bani;
The Avtar Bani outlines the key philosophy of the Sant Nirankari Mission. It may in fact be considered the Bible or Quran of the Mission
Normally, a verse from the Avtar Banii is read out before every discourse in most congregations (except when His Holiness Himself is giving the discourse). The verses are also read out at the beginning of each congregation. Devotees are however free to sing/read these verses as hymns anytime they prefer for personal spiritual enlightenment. In fact, many Nirankari households keep a copy of it. Of course, Avtar Bani may also be available from the Publications Department found in each Satsang Bhavan (congregation hall).
· Famous slogans;
The five famous slogans below shed light on the philosophy of the Mission
- True Religion Unites, Never Divides
- Peace, not Pieces-let us work for it
- Unity in Diversity, not Uniformity
- Know One, Be One, Believe in One
- Our
Besides these slogans, remarkable sayings of Gurbachan Singh and Avtar Singh may also be found in the books titled Precious and Spiritual sparks respectively.
· Santokh Sarovar (Holy Lake
The Santokh Nirankari Sarovar Complex contains a sarovar (Holy Lake New Delhi , India
· Nirankari Museum
The Nirakari Museum
(Contents taken from website of Nirankari Mission).
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