Baru Sahib
Description
One more religious place of Sikhs in Himachal is
Baru Sahib. It is believed that this is the holy place,
where several saints, sages and rishis were believed
to have performed penance from time immemorial,
has also been hallowed by the visit of Guru Gobind
Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. Rightly so, Baru Sahib
is called ‘The Valley of Divine Peace’. Sant Attar
Singh Mastuane Wale (1866-1927) had visualized
this place as a place where spiritual and modern
scientific education could be given for spreading
the message of universal brotherhood. Thus, his
devout disciple SantTeja Singh (1877-1965) with
the help of Baba Iqbal Singh Ji and Dr.Khem
Singh Ji in 1956 discovered this place to realize
this vision. About 60 km from Solan in Himachal
Pradesh, there was a village called Baru spread over 400 acres owned by one Thakur Joginder Singh. It
was densely forested with several springs. Under a huge walnut tree near a spring, sadhus used to come and
meditate from time to time. Thakur Joginder Singh would welcome them and offer them food. When Sant
Teja Singh Ji informed him of this vision, Thakur Joginder Singh agreed to sell it off. In 1959, SantTeja
Singh ji (82 years old that time) started Akhand Paath of Sri Guru Granth Sahib to start his mission. Today,
it has become a big centre of educational activities (see Chapter 7 for details) and this Gurdwara is a source
of inspiration for all those associated with this mission.
