ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PHUMMA&#7750 SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="PHUMMAF,SIDGH,BH*"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279PHUMMA&#7750 SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298, famous as a <i>r&#257g&#299</i> or musician reciting Sikh hymns, was born in a Ja&#7789&#7789 Sikh family of Daudhar in present-day Mog&#257 district of the Punjab in the sixties of the nineteenth century. He learnt to read Scripture and recite <i>k&#299rtan</i> at the Der&#257 or seminary established at Daudhar in 1859 by Sant Suddh Si&#7749gh. Having acquired notable proficiency in vocal as well as in instrumental music, he went to Amritsar where, accompanied at the <i>tabl&#257</i> or pair of drums by Bh&#257&#299 Hars&#257 Si&#7749gh of Sa&#7789hi&#257l&#257 village in Amritsar district, he performed Won at Sr&#299 Darb&#257r S&#257hib (the Golden Temple) for some time. After short stints in the courts of the rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 and N&#257bh&#257, Phumma&#7751 Si&#7749gh went in 1885 to Hyder&#257b&#257d where he served as a musician at the Niz&#257m's court but, having been nurtured in the Sikh religious tradition, he did not feel at home in that environment and soon moved to N&#257nde&#7693 where he first joined the <i>jath&#257</i> or choir of R&#257g&#299 Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh who performed <i>k&#299rtan</i> at Ta<u>kh</u>t Sachkha&#7751&#7693 Sr&#299 Haz&#363r S&#257hib, and then himself became the head musician. Bh&#257&#299 Hars&#257 Si&#7749gh, who had joined him at Amritsar, continued to be his companion at <i>tabl&#257</i>. Bh&#257&#299 Phumma&#7751 Si&#7749gh was well versed in several instruments, especially <i>t&#257&#363s, dilrub&#257, k&#257n&#363n</i>, sitar and harmonium. He was skilled in many <i>r&#257gas</i> or classical measures of Indian music, but his favourites were Darb&#257r&#299, K&#257na&#7771&#257 and M&#257lk&#257u&#7749s. Niz&#257m 'Usm&#257n 'Al&#299 of Hyder&#257b&#257d was his great admirer and, whenever he passed through N&#257nde&#7693, he would halt at the railway station to listen to his <i>k&#299rtan</i>.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bh&#257&#299 Phumma&#7751 Si&#7749gh was married sometime after his arrival at N&#257nde&#7693, but he died issueless in 1928.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Nirvair Si&#7749gh Arsh&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>