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[[Image:BhaiLehna.jpg|thumb|200px|left|<small>Bhai Lehna with [[Sangat]] going on holy pilgrimage</small>]]
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[[Bhai Lehna|Sri Lehna]] was a pious man who lived at [[Khadur]] in the district of [[Amritsar]]. He was a shopkeeper. He was a good and honest man. He was very rich. He used to worship the goddess Durga. Many other people of his village did the same. He was their leader. Every year a large group of them used to visit the temple of that goddess. The temple is called Jawalamukhi. It is in the Himalayas. Sri Lehna used to go with these worshippers of Durga as their leader. On his hands and feet he wore bells. He used to dance before the goddess. The bells used to tinkle when he danced.
[[Bhai Lehna|Sri Lehna]] was a pious man who lived at [[Khadur]] in the district of [[Amritsar]]. He was a good and honest man, whose skills and hard work as a shopkeeper had made him a very  wealthy man. A Hindu he was a worshiper of the goddess Durga as were many other people of his village. Every year he led a large a large group of them on a pilgrimage to a famous temple of Durga in the foothills of the Himalayas called Jawalamukhi. He wore  traditional bands of bells on his ankles and wrists hands and feet dancing along the way singing bajans (songs) about the stories of the fabled tales of the battles of the goddess with mystical demons. Arriving at the temple he and many other bands of pilgrims would dance before the goddess with their  bells tinkling when they danced about.


He went on doing this till he grew to be an old man. In his village there lived a Sikh who was a follower of [[Guru Nanak]]. His name was Bhai Jodha. He was not a worshipper of Durga. No Sikh worships any god or goddess. All Sikhs are worshippers of one God, commonly called "[[Waheguru]]". Bhai Jodha did not visit Durga’s temple. On the other hand, he used to think of God. He used to recite or read aloud the holy songs or hymns of [[Guru Nanak]]. <!------One day, Sri Lehna heard him singing one of those sweet, sacred songs. He liked it very much. He requested Bhai Jodha to teach it to him. Bhai Jodha did so with pleasure. He also told him of Guru Nanak. The Guru was an old man by that time. He lived at [[Kartarpur]]. That town is now in [[Pakistan]].----> {{Aowf|Durga Worshipper from Amritsar}}
He had done this his whole life until one day as an  old man he chanced to meet with another man in his village who was a Sikh, who was a follower of [[Guru Nanak]]. This man's name was Bhai Jodha. He was not a worshipper of Durga, as no Sikh worships any god or goddess. All Sikhs are worshippers of one God, commonly called "[[Waheguru]]". Bhai Jodha did not visit Durga’s temple. On the other hand, he used to think of God a lot. He used to recite or read aloud the holy songs or hymns of [[Guru Nanak]]. <!------One day, Sri Lehna heard him singing one of those sweet, sacred songs. He liked it very much. He requested Bhai Jodha to teach it to him. Bhai Jodha did so with pleasure. He also told him of Guru Nanak. The Guru was an old man by that time. He lived at [[Kartarpur]]. A town that after the partition of the Panjab, is now in [[Pakistan]].----> {{Aowf|Durga Worshipper from Amritsar}}

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Bhai Lehna with Sangat going on holy pilgrimage

Sri Lehna was a pious man who lived at Khadur in the district of Amritsar. He was a good and honest man, whose skills and hard work as a shopkeeper had made him a very wealthy man. A Hindu he was a worshiper of the goddess Durga as were many other people of his village. Every year he led a large a large group of them on a pilgrimage to a famous temple of Durga in the foothills of the Himalayas called Jawalamukhi. He wore traditional bands of bells on his ankles and wrists hands and feet dancing along the way singing bajans (songs) about the stories of the fabled tales of the battles of the goddess with mystical demons. Arriving at the temple he and many other bands of pilgrims would dance before the goddess with their bells tinkling when they danced about.

He had done this his whole life until one day as an old man he chanced to meet with another man in his village who was a Sikh, who was a follower of Guru Nanak. This man's name was Bhai Jodha. He was not a worshipper of Durga, as no Sikh worships any god or goddess. All Sikhs are worshippers of one God, commonly called "Waheguru". Bhai Jodha did not visit Durga’s temple. On the other hand, he used to think of God a lot. He used to recite or read aloud the holy songs or hymns of Guru Nanak. .....More