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<p class="C1">&#65279PHER&#362, BH&#256&#298 (1640-1706), an Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh preacher, was born the son of Bh&#257&#299 Binn&#257 Uppal of Amb M&#257&#7771&#299 in <i>parganah</i> Mie&#7749 k&#299 Mau&#7771 in Lahore district (now in Pakistan). His original name was Sa&#7749gat. As he grew up, he adopted peddling as a profession and earned the nickname of Pher&#363, (lit. peripatetic). Journeying out with his wares once, he met Bh&#257&#299 Bhagat&#363, a devout Sikh who led him to the presence of Gur&#363 Har R&#257i (1630-61) at K&#299ratpur. Bh&#257&#299 Pher&#363 turned a disciple and, stayed on to devote himself to serving in Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, the community kitchen. Gur&#363 Har R&#257i bestowed on him special blessing (Ba<u>kh</u>sh&#299sh in Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh parlance) and appointed him to preach and run Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar in his native Nakk&#257 region. The centre established by him near Mie&#7749 K&#299 Mau&#7771 itself came to be called Bh&#257&#299 Pher&#363 after him. When shortly before the creation of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708) summoned all <i>masands</i> to Anandpur in order to enquire into their conduct, Bh&#257&#299 Pher&#363 also presented himself. The Gur&#363, pleased with his spirit of service and humility, bestowed on him the epithets of Sachch&#299 D&#257&#7771h&#299 (beard unsullied) and Sa&#7749gat S&#257hib (honoured by the assembly) and half of his own turban, which Pher&#363 wrapped around his monk's cap. He was exempted from joining the ranks of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 and he returned to his monastery at Mie&#7749 k&#299 Mau&#7771 (Bh&#257&#299 Pher&#363) where a new order of Ud&#257s&#299 <i>s&#257dh&#363s</i> known as Sa&#7749gat S&#257hib Ke came to flourish.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 Pher&#363 died in 1706.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
<li class="C1"> Ra&#7751dhir Si&#7749gh, <i>Ud&#257s&#299 Sikkh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Vithi&#257</i>. Amritsar, 2016 Bk.<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR>
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