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Bhai Kanhaiya (1648–1718) was a Sikh of
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Guru Tegh Bahadur ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten Gurus who founded the Sikh religion and the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in 1 ...
and was requested to establish the Sevapanthi or Addanshahi order of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. 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. During his youth he also spent a lot of time in the company of
Nanua Bairagi Nanua Bairagi, (~17th–18th century) also known as Nanua Bhagat and Jamala Singh, was a renowned mystic, humanitarian and Sikh warrior of Punjab.''Nanua Bhagat is a renowned ascetic and mystic and a Punjabi poet of the classical school'', Rose-gar ...
, who belonged to a Saini agriculture family and was also a disciple and comrade of last three Sikh gurus. Nanua Bairagi was a renowned poet-mystic of Punjab and he left a deep imprint on Bhai Kanhaiya's spiritual and humanitarian outlook in his formative years. He was also the founder of the Sevapanthi Sikh Sampradaya.


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www.khalsaaid.org

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www.studentbmj.com



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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanhaiya, Bhai Indian Sikhs 1648 births 1718 deaths Sikh saints