Uday Singh (Punjabi: ਉਦੇ ਸਿੰਘ) is the current spiritual leader of the

Namdhari The Namdharis (Gurmukhi: ਨਾਮਧਾਰੀ; ''nāmadhārī'', meaning "bearers of the Naam Japo, name"), also known as Kuka (Gurmukhi: ਕੂਕਾ; ''kūkā'' Singular (grammatical number), g ਕੂਕੇ; ''kūkē'' Plural, l from P ...

community and is headquartered at Takht Sri Bhaini Sahib,

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. Uday Singh was nominated by Jagjeet Singh's wife (Chand Kaur) to be the next

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of the Namdhari community.

Life and background

Uday Singh is the nephew of the former head Jagjit Singh. He was declared the current leader in 2012 . In 2016, the Namdhari leader was given permission to bullet proof three of his cars and was accorded Z-plus security from the Indian government after the murder of the Chand Kaur and a bomb blast in Jalandhar. In 2018, he inaugurated a new old age home in

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. In 2020 he encouraged Indians to remain at home amidst the

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Celebration of 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji

In 2019, Uday Singh organised a special nagar kirtan to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of

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Controversy

There were disagreements and division amongst the Namdhari community surrounding his ascension as the next guru succeeding Guru Jagjit Singh in 2012. He was attacked by a person during August 2013 in England who claimed of sexual abuse in the mid-1990's. It was denied by him and the reason invalidated by Birmingham Crown Court finding the attack a vicious assassination attempt.

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