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Chathian Wala is a town and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province
of Pakistan. It is part of Kasur
Tehsil and is located at 31°18'0N 74°31'0E.
Before
partition of Sub-continent, the town has rich population of Sikhs living in it.
One of the famous personalities of Chathian wala remembered in history was Gulab Das. Das was
a Sikh Jat who founded the Gulabdasi sect. The sect was based
on Hindu–Sikh asceticism,. Although the Gulabdasis were neither Hindu nor
Sikh, following the Partition of India, they were expelled from Chathian
Wala by the now Muslim-majority populace in Pakistan. The sect subsequently
fled to India where they settled in Haryana
Piro Preman (1832–1872)
was the first female Punjabi poet. Little is known about Piro's life. She is
believed to have been sold into prostitution in Heera Mandi, the red-light
district of Lahore. She escaped Heera Mandi and went on to become a
devotee of Gulab Das at the Gulabdasi Dera in Chathian Wala (in
present-day Pakistan
Most of the information about
Piro comes from her own autobiographical verses, the Ik Sau Sath Kafian or
the "One Hundred and Sixty Kafis (160 Kafis)", written in
the mid-nineteenth century. In 160 Kafis, Piro describes a series
of events in her life after she began living with Gulab Das in Chathian Wala.
Piro and Gulab Das shared an
intimate relationship despite social and religious pressures. The two were
interred together at a tomb in Chathian Wala. The remnant of this Samadhi
like tombs still exists in Chathian Wala. There was one another story that Piro
is poisoned and Gulab Dass also committed suicide by taking the same poisonous
milk.
The Inside View of Samadhi |
The Inside View of Samadhi |
The Inside View of Samadhi |
The Inside View of Samadhi |
Another view of disorted Samadhi |
Inside View of Samadhi |
Inside View of Samadhi |
Giani Ditt Singh (ca.
1850–1901) was a historian, scholar, poet, editor and an eminent Singh Sabha reformer.]Singh wrote over 70 books on Sikhism, the most famous of which
is Khalsa Akhbar. His Dayanand naal mera Samvaad and Durga
Parbodh are considered major texts of Sikh philosophy.
There is little information
regarding the early life of Singh, despite a resurgence of interest in him
caused by the desire of some people to recast his life as that of a dalit hero.
Anshu Malhotra has argued that such a recasting says more about the motives of
the present-day researchers than it does about the effects of social status on
Singh himself.
While Singh's date of birth is
generally recognised as being 21 April, the year is variously stated as 1850,
1852 and 1853. He father, Diwan Singh, was a weaver whose knowledge of
the Nyaya and Vedanta religious philosophies was passed on
to his son. The family origins lay in the Chamar caste of
leatherworkers, from which they had moved to self-identify as members of the
relatively ritually clean Ravidasi weaving community, described by
Malhotra as an "upwardly mobile section of the Chamar community".
After initial schooling given
by his father, Singh was sent at the age of 8 or 9 to be taught by Gurbakhsh
Singh and Lala Dayanand in the village of Tiur, Ambala district. There he
studied Gurumukhi, Urdu and Persian, as well as prosody, Niti
Shastra and Vedanta, until aged around 16. Gurbakhsh Singh was an adherent
of the Gulabdasi sect and his pupil's next move was to the Gulabdasi
centre at Chathian Wala, near Lahore.
Formally
initiated into the sect of Sant Desa Singh, he became a Gulabdasi preacher. Not
long afterwards, he came under the influence of Bhai Jawahar Singh, formerly a
follower of Gulabdasi sect, who had joined the Arya
Samaj
Singh wrote prolifically, producing both prose
and verse. He wrote books and pamphlets on Sikh theology and history and on
current polemics.
Well-known among his works are:
·
Guru
Nanak Prabodh
·
Guru
Arjan Chariltar
·
Dambh
Bidaran
·
Durga
Prabodh
·
Panth
Prabodh
·
Raj
Prabodh
·
Mera
ate Sadhu Dayanand da Sambad
·
Naqh
Siah Prabodh
·
Panth
Sudhar Binai Pattar
·
Abla
Naari
He also published accounts of the martyrdoms
of Tara Singh of Van,
Subeg Singh, Matab Singh Mirankotia, Taru Singh and Bota Singh.
House of Giani Ditt Singh Still exists in
Chathian wala, but most of the portion of this building has fallen with passage
of time.
Escap Tunnel |
Another Old Pre-Partition Sikh Haveli
Wonderful discovery. Well done.
ReplyDeleteA hand written book of Gulab dasi is with me
ReplyDeleteSat shri akaal ji. I m Amritpal Singh from department of history Panjab university Chandigarh. Can u please share information regarding handwritten manuscript. This is my email id is amrtpal.singh90@gmail.com
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How do you know this place please share more information with me.My Grandmother live in this place but she no more.I want to know this place, I am live in india, Descendant of sant gulabdass also live here with us.
ReplyDeleteGurpreet Singh g i am historical enthusiastic, i visited this town just once i shared all information which i got, peace
DeleteCan you please able to share hand written book ?
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