Harnam Das Udasi

Photograph of Harnam Das Udasi, eighth gaddi nashin of Sadh Belo, ca.1927

Bawa Harnam Das, also rendered as Harnamdas, was an Udasi religious figure and scholar. He served as the eighth gaddi nashin of Sadh Belo in Sukkur, Sindh. In 1899, he ordered the construction of the temple-complex at Sadh Belo.[1] In 1930, he requested Jinnah to visit Sadh Belo, where Jinnah made an offering of 100 rupees and asked Harnam Das explain why communal tension was present in Sindh, who blamed it on Sindhi Sheikhs.[2] After the partition of Punjab, he became active in Kapurthala.[3]

As for his scholarly works, he conducted research onto both the Dasam Granth and Sarbloh Granth.[4] Harnam Das held the view that the Sarbloh Granth was authored by Guru Gobind Singh and court-poets. Harnam Das prepared and published an annotated edition of the Sarbloh Granth under the title Sri Sarab Loh Granth Sahib Ji, however its circulation has been restricted.[5][6] He also researched pre-canonical Sikh texts, such as the Goindwal Pothis in the 1960s.[7] In 1927, he published a work covering the history of the Udasi sect.[8]

Bibliography

  • Das, Harnam (1927). Origin and Growth of Udasis (PDF). Translated by Dharamdas, Karamchand (1st ed.). Sukkur, Sindh: Amar Electronic Printing Press.[8]
  • Das, Harnam (1969–1972). Adi Shri Guru Granth Sahib dian Puratani Biran te Vichar (in two volumes) ਆਦਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀਆਂ ਪੁਰਾਤਨੀ ਬੀੜਾਂ ਤੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ [Reflections on the Ancient Recensions of the Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib] (in Punjabi). Kapurthala: Kantesh Pharmacy.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Memon, Sarfaraz (26 June 2022). "Sindh's Sadh Belo Temple". T-Magazine.
  2. ↑ Malkani, K. R. (1984). The Sindh Story. Allied. Bawa Harnamdas of Sadhbela, Sukkur, described the Situation aptly to Mr. Jinnah when the latter called on him at that island temple in 1930 and made an offering of Rs. 100. Mr. Jinnah asked him why there was communal tension in Sindh. And the Bawa said in Sindhi: "Shaikh putt shaitan jo; na Hindu, na Musalman" (the new convert Sheikh is the son of satan; he is neither Hindu nor Muslim).
  3. ↑ Nara, Ishar Singh (1985). Safarnama and Zafarnama: Being an Account of the Travels of Guru Gobind Singh and the Epistle of Moral Victory Written by Him to Emperor Aurangzeb. Nara Publications. p. 51.
  4. ↑ Singh, Trilochan (1994). Ernest Trumpp and W.H. McLeod as Scholars of Sikh History Religion and Culture. International Centre of Sikh Studies. p. 379.
  5. ↑ Singh, Hazura; Singh, Partap; Singh, Sundar (2012) [1925]. "Foreword". In Singh, Kaur; Singh, Kamalroop (eds.). Loh Prakāsh (PDF). Amritsar.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ Mann, Gurinder Singh (2008). "Sources for the Study of Guru Gobind Singh's Life and Times" (PDF). Journal of Punjab Studies. 15 (1–2): 254–58, 275, 279–281 – via Global Institute for Sikh Studies.
  7. ↑ Dhillon, Balwant Singh (1999). Early Sikh Scriptural Tradition: Myth and Reality. Singh Brothers. p. 129. ISBN 9788172052393.
  8. 1 2 Chilana, Rajwant Singh (26 August 2005). "18.4. Udasis". International Bibliography of Sikh Studies. Springer. p. 361. ISBN 9781402030437.
  9. ↑ Mann, Gurinder Singh (3 May 2001). The Making of Sikh Scripture. Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780198029878.
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