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<p class="C1">&#65279BHIKH&#256 (pronounced as Bhikkh&#257), BHA&#7788&#7788, a Br&#257hma&#7751 bard of Sult&#257npur Lodh&#299 in present-day Kap&#363rthal&#257 district of the Punjab, became a Sikh receiving the rites of initiation at the hands of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. He lived up to the time of Gur&#363 Arjan to whom he introduced sixteen other Br&#257hma&#7751 minstrels from his community. They sang in his presence praises to God and the Gur&#363s. Some of their compositions were included by Gur&#363 Arjan in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. One of the two stanzas by Bhikh&#257 recounts his wanderings in search of a true saint ending with his ultimate success by the grace of God. "Lord, " sang the bard, "hath caused me to meet the Gur&#363; as thou willest for me so must I receive O God!"</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Man&#299 Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Bhagat M&#257l&#257</i>. Amritsar, 1955<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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