ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SACHCHAN SACHCH</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="SACHCHAN,SACHCH"> <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">&#65279SACHCHAN SACHCH, a simple Br&#257hma&#7751 so nicknamed for his habit of responding with <i>"sachch, sachch</i> (true, true)" to anything said to him, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. Leaving his native village, Mandar, now in Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257 district of Pakistan he came to stay at Goindv&#257l. One day, as says Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, he was wildly attacked by an insane woman roaming naked in the forest where he was collecting firewood for Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. Sachchan Sachch related the incident to Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s, who gave him one of his slippers and told him to touch the woman with it when he came across her next. He did what he was bidden to do. The woman was instantly cured of her insanity. She told Sachchan Sachch that she had formerly been the wife of a hill chief and had gone insane under a curse. Sachchan Sachch gave her half of his blanket, to cover her naked body, and escorted her to the presence of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. The Gur&#363 married her to Sachchan Sachch and, blessing the couple, appointed the husband head of a <i>mañj&#299</i>, or preaching district, covering the area around his native village.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s. <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR> <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"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Dil<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>