Baru Sahib and Sant Attar Singh

My CEA colleague and one of my best friends, sends me a video of some young students from Baru Sahib doing Kirtan. 

I felt it appropriate to let him know more about Baru Sahib and it’s founder great Sant Attar Singh ji.

Baru Sahib, the land of meditation (tapobhoomi), is the realization of vision of Sant Attar Singh Ji, Mastuane Wale (1866–1927), who, in the early twentieth century envisaged a place in the Himalayas from where young souls equipped with the amalgam of spiritual and modern scientific education will spread the message of universal brotherhood throughout the world.

Baru Sahib was revealed to the mankind by his devout disciple Sant Teja Singh (1877–1965) {MA, LLB (Punjab, India), MA (Harvard, United States)} with the help of Bhai Iqbal Singh and Bhai Khem Singh in 1956.

In 1959, Sant Teja Singh Ji accompanied by 15-20 devotees performed Akhand Path Sahib in a mud-hut. At the conclusion of Akhand Path Sahib and Ardas, Sant Ji prophesied, "Just as a tiny banyan seed grows into a huge tree, in the same way this place will develop into a great center of spiritual education where high quality scientific education will also be imparted. In due course, roads will be built and all those whose hearts are brimful of love for Guru Nanak and who have toiled to accumulate spiritual capital from the previous births, will be drawn to this place".

This holy place, where several saints, sages and 'Rishis' were believed to have performed hard penance from time immemorial, had also been hallowed by the visit of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.

Sant Attar Singh is the same person who established first place near my village Badbar, you might recall.

Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya the founder of Banaras Hindu University went to Sangrur and walked barefooted for 5 miles to his Ashram Mastuana request Sant Attar Singh to lay the foundation Stone Of this great University.

To this day first crop portion is offered to Mastuana Sahib before selling to the Market. We do pay our homage and often visit this place occasionally.

During summer we will take a small bag of Wheat as our first offering and visit along with families. We used to enjoy the typical Langar of Moongi Massar Dal with Rotis along with cut onions and snake cocumber. It was a treat to watch dancing peacocks under the mango orchard trees.