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'''Bhai Dharam Singh''' ([[3 November]] [[1666]] - [[1708]]), one of the [[Panj Piare]] or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of [[Khalsa]] and was a farmer by profession. He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram and Mai Sabho, of Hastinapur, an ancient town on the right bank of the [[Wikipedia:Ganges|Ganges]], 35 km northeast of Meerut (29°N, 77° 45'E). | '''Bhai Dharam Singh''' ([[3 November]] [[1666]] - [[1708]]), one of the [[Panj Piare]] or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of [[Khalsa]] and was a farmer by profession. He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram and Mai Sabho, of Hastinapur, an ancient town on the right bank of the [[Wikipedia:Ganges|Ganges]], 35 km northeast of Meerut (29°N, 77° 45'E). | ||
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Bhai Dharam Singh (3 November 1666 - 1708), one of the Panj Piare or the Five Beloved, the forerunners of Khalsa and was a farmer by profession. He was the son of Bhai Sant Ram and Mai Sabho, of Hastinapur, an ancient town on the right bank of the Ganges, 35 km northeast of Meerut (29°N, 77° 45'E).
Dharam Das, as he was originally named, was born around 1666. As a young man, he fell into the company of a Sikh who introduced him to the teachings of the Gurus. He left home at the age of thirty in quest of further instruction. At the Sikh shrine of Nanak Piau, dedicated to Guru Nanak, he was advised to go to Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur, where he arrived in 1698.
A few months later came the historic Baisakhi gathering of 1699 at which five Sikhs responding to five successive calls of Guru Gobind Singh. One after the other, they offered to lay down their heads. The Guru blessed them and called them Panj Piare, the five beloved ones. .....More
