Garib Das
Sant Garibdas, was an 18th-century Hindu spiritual leader, saint-poet and reformer, and the founder of Garibdasi Sampradaya.
Also recorded as Saint Garibdas Maharaj · Saint Garibdas Ji Maharaj
Garib Das
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- Name
- Garib Das
- Born
- 25 April 1717 AD
- Birthplace
- Chudani, Haryana, India
- Died
- 25 August 1778 AD
- Occupation
- poet
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Sant Garibdas, was an 18th-century Hindu spiritual leader, saint-poet and reformer, and the founder of Garibdasi Sampradaya.
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• Name — Garib Das • Born — 25 April 1717 AD • Birthplace — Chudani, Haryana, India • Died — 25 August 1778 AD • Place of death — Chudani, Haryana, India • Teacher — Bhakt Kabir Das • Philosophy — Vedanta • Religion — Hinduism • Sect — Vaishnavism • Other Names — Satguru Dev Bandichhod Ji Acharya Shri • Founder — Garibdas Sampradaya • Notable Works — Shri Satguru Granth Sahib • Honorific Prefix — Sant
Early life
Early life
Sant Garibdas Ji born on 25 April 1717 in a Dhankhar Jat family to Bhai Balram and Mata Rani Devi, in the village Chudani, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India.
Death
Death
He died on 25 Aug 1778 in his native village Chhudani (Haryana) and memorial Chhatri was built in his honor.
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• Illustration — Aacharya Shri Satguru Dev Garib Das Ji Maharaj • Illustration — Shri Satguru Garib das Ji maharaj
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Garib Das worked as a cowherd in his youth and his spiritual journey started when he met Bhakt Kabir Das in a dream and received initiation from him. Later on, he became the founder of a separate sect from Kabir Panth called Garibdasi Sampradaya. Garibdas was a householder and initiated many people (including women) from different backgrounds till his death which led to a great expansion of the Sampradaya including the Bhuriwale tradition of Talwandi Dham (Ludhiana, Punjab). Among his disciples, Sant Salotji became a well known name of Sampradaya. He started composing the Sant Bani from 1767 which were written into pothis by Sant Gopaldas (of Dadu Sampradaya), now known as "Shri Satgur Granth Sahib", greatly revered by the followers of the tradition.
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- 1.Biography of Sant Garibdas Ji Maharaj with Salvation Story Jagat Guru Rampal Ji. www.jagatgururampalji.org.
- 2.Keay, F. e. A History Of Hindi Literature. Oxford University Press, New York. 1920.
- 3.Sen, Kshiti Mohan. Medieval Mysticism Of India (1930). 1930.
- 4.Das, Garib. Shri Satgur Granth Sahib. Loknath Publication. 13. 2013.
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