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<p class="C1">&#65279BH&#256G SI&#7748GH, SANT (1766-1839), of Kur&#299, a holy man widely respected in his time, was born the son of Bh&#257&#299 Ha&#7749s R&#257i in 1766 at Q&#257dir&#257b&#257d, a village in Gujr&#257t district (now in Pakistan), where his grandfather, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, said to have been in the retinue of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, settled after the Gur&#363's passing away at N&#257nde&#7693, in the Deccan. Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh learnt to read Gurmukh&#299 letters and the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib at the village <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. As he grew up, he made a pilgrimage to N&#257nde&#7693. Returning to the north, he visited &#362n&#257, now in Himachal Pradesh, where he became a disciple of B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bed&#299, a descendant of Gur&#363 N&#257nak in direct line. After a few years, he, at the bidding of B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, went to preach in the Po&#7789hoh&#257r region. He established himself at Kur&#299, a village on the bank of a small stream, Gumr&#257h, 8 km from R&#257walpi&#7751&#7693&#299. Such was his repute for piety that Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh once came to visit him and seek his blessing. B&#257b&#257 B&#299r Si&#7749gh of Naura&#7749g&#257b&#257d, who himself emerged as a figure of great sanctity in Sikh times, also sought advice from him. Sant Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh died on 20 January 1839.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sher Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 B&#299r Mirgesh Gur Bil&#257s Dev Tar&#363</i>.<BR>
<li class="C1"> Ga&#7751esh&#257 Si&#7749gh, Mahant, <i>Nirmal Bh&#363&#347an arth&#257t Itih&#257s Nirmal Bhekh</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR>
<li class="C1"> Sobh&#257 R&#257m, <i>Gur-bil&#257s B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bed&#299</i>, ed. Gurmukh Si&#7749gh. Patiala, 1988<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Sarmukh Si&#7749gh Amole<br></p><BR>
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