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[[Image:BhaiLehna.jpg|thumb|200px|left|<small>Bhai Lehna with [[Sangat]] going on holy pilgrimage</small>]] | [[Image:BhaiLehna.jpg|thumb|200px|left|<small>[[Bhai Lehna]] with [[Sangat]] going on holy pilgrimage</small>]] | ||
[[Bhai Lehna|Sri Lehna]] was a pious man who lived in the village of [[Khadur]] near the town of Tarn Taran, in | [[Bhai Lehna|Sri Lehna]] was a pious man who lived in the village of [[Khadur]] near the town of [[Tarn Taran]], in present-day district of [[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, a follower of [[Guru Nanak]]. This man's name was Bhai Jodha. He was not a worshipper of Durga, as no Sikh worships any of the Hindu gods or goddesses. 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}} | 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 worshipper of the goddess Durga as were many other people of his village. | ||
Every year he led a large group of his villagers on a pilgrimage to a famous temple of Durga in the foothills of the {{w|Himalayas}} called Jawalamukhi. He wore traditional bands of bells on his ankles and wrists 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]], a follower of [[Guru Nanak]]. This man's name was [[Bhai Jodha]]. He was not a worshipper of Durga, as no Sikh worships any of the Hindu gods or goddesses. 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}} | |||
Latest revision as of 00:51, 28 February 2011
Sri Lehna was a pious man who lived in the village of Khadur near the town of Tarn Taran, in present-day 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 worshipper of the goddess Durga as were many other people of his village.
Every year he led a large group of his villagers 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 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, a follower of Guru Nanak. This man's name was Bhai Jodha. He was not a worshipper of Durga, as no Sikh worships any of the Hindu gods or goddesses. All Sikhs are worshippers of one God, commonly called "Waheguru". Bhai Jodha did not visit Durga’s temple. .....More
