ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SATKART&#256R&#298&#256S</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="SATKARTR*S"> <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">&#65279SATKART&#256R&#298&#256S, a religious sect only remotely related to Sikhism was founded by Sa&#7749gat D&#257s, a Julk&#257 Khatr&#299, contemporary of Gur&#363 Hargobind (1595-1644). The name Satkart&#257r&#299&#257 is derived from, Sa&#7749gat D&#257s preceptor, Bh&#257&#299 Sa&#7749gt&#299&#257, a So&#7693h&#299 of Lahore, who was initiated into Sikhism by Gur&#363 Arjan in 1593 and who used to repeat the words Sat Kart&#257r (lit. the True Creator) and earned thereby the popular epithet of Satkart&#257r&#299&#257. Sa&#7749gat D&#257s inherited the epithet and the sect came to be known as Satkart&#257r&#299&#257. Satkart&#257r is still their form of salutation as well as their formula for meditation. Sa&#7749gat D&#257s enjoyed the favour of Gur&#363 Hargobind who allowed him to set up his own <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> or place of worship at Sr&#299 Hargobindpur on the bank of the river Be&#257s, in Gurd&#257spur district. This place, a four-storeyed building known as Dharams&#257l&#257 Satkart&#257r&#299&#257&#7749, is till today the principal centre of the sect. Another centre was established at Phagw&#257&#7771&#257, in Kap&#363rthal&#257 district, by Darb&#257r&#299 D&#257s, the younger son of Sa&#7749gat D&#257s. A third centre is at Ma&#7751&#7693&#299, a district town in Him&#257chal Pradesh. Another centre at Ba&#7789&#257l&#257 in Gurd&#257spur district was taken over by Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1940. It is still called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Satkart&#257r&#299&#257&#7749.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Satkart&#257r&#299&#257s generally follows the Ud&#257s&#299 ritual and practices. Their only link with Sikhism is that their <i>dharams&#257l&#257</i> at Sr&#299 Hargobindpur has the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib installed in it. A suite of armour kept as a sacred relic there is claimed to have been bestowed on B&#257b&#257 Sa&#7749gat D&#257s by Gur&#363 Hargobind.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Guru Panth Prakash</i>. [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1981<BR> <li class="C1"> Rose, H.A. (ed.) <i>A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province</i>. Lahore, 1911-19<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>