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<p class="C1">&#65279NAN&#362&#256 VAIR&#256G&#298 or N&#257n&#363 Bair&#257g&#299, one of the many poets who enjoyed the patronage of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708), belonged to Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d, in present-day Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257  district of Pakistan. He lived for a time at Lahore and then went to K&#299ratpur where he received the rites of a disciple at the hands of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. After the Gur&#363 was martyred in Delhi, he remained  with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh at Anandpur. Being indifferent to worldly ties, he came to be known as a <i>vair&#257g&#299</i> or recluse. He is said to have inspired Bh&#257&#299 Kanhaiy&#257, founder of the Sev&#257panth&#299 sect, to accept the Sikh faith. His surviving compositions, devotional songs in different classical measures and in chaste Punjabi, are popular among Sev&#257panth&#299 <i>s&#257dh&#363s</i>.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299 de Darb&#257r&#299 Ratan</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR>
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