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Bhagat Puran Singh on a 2004 stamp of India. Bhagat Puran Singh (4 June 1904 – 5 August 1992) was an Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist.As a young man he decided to dedicate his life to humanitarian work, and in 1947, he established Pingalwara, a home for the sick and disabled in Amritsar.
Eh Janam Tumhare Lekhe (Translation: "This life is dedicated to you (God)") is a Punjabi movie based on the life of "Bhagat Puran Singh" starring Pavan Malhotra. [ 1 ] Cast
Bhagat Puran Singh (1904–1992) – great visionary; accomplished environmentalist; founder of the "All India Pingalwara Charitable Society; being deeply influenced by the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, he converted to Sikhism. [11] Sahib Singh – renowned Sikh academic who made a tremendous contribution to Sikh literature.
Pingalwara was founded informally in year 1924 by a then 19-year-old Ramji Das who later became famous as Bhagat Puran Singh Dr. Inderjit Kaur Pingalwara and Harbhajan Bajwa Pingalwara is officially registered as the All India Pingalwara Charitable Society under the Act 1960, Reg. No. 130.
The word "Bhagat" means devotee, and comes from the Sanskrit word Bhakti, which means devotion and love. Bhagats evolved a belief in one God that preceded Kabir 's selecting the writings of the great Hindu Bhaktis and Sufi saints.
Professor Puran Singh (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ; 17 February 1881 – 31 March 1931) was a Punjabi poet , scientist and mystic. Born in Abbottabad , now in Pakistan, in a Sikh family, [ 2 ] he is one of the founders of modern Punjabi poetry. [ 3 ]
In Bansavalinama Dasan Patshahian ka (1769), the author Kesar Singh Chibbar explains and quotes a few passages from Guru Gobind Singh's Ugardanti. [ 54 ] In Hum Hindu Nahi (1898 ), the author Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha , believed that Ugardanti Bani was not written by Guru Gobind Singh but by Bhai Sukha Singh, a priest at Patna. [ 55 ]
The epic is based on the ancient legend of saint Puran Bhagat (Bhagat is the Punjabi word for a saint, devotee). Puran is a prince whose father marries a girl named Loona, much younger than him. Loona, the stepmother of Puran, is attracted to Puran and conveys her feelings to him. Puran, a devotee of God and having pure thoughts, refuses.