Guru Nanak Chamatkar (Part 2)-Bhai Vir Singh English ... - Vidhia.com

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Beloved Guru Nanak visits Sirsa
T
he beloved Guru a,gain started his travels. He prepared to go southwards.
In PuratanJanamsakhi it is written:
He wore wooden slippers, had a wand in hand, a rope round his head, ropes
around his arms and legs and a round mark on his forehead. SaidoJaat caste
Gheo accompanied him.
From Kartarpur he came to Talwandi. He met Rai Bular. After blessing
him he came to Sultanpur. Moving ahead from Sultanpur, he crossed the
river Satluj and passingthrough Dharamkot, Bhatinda, Bhatner, etc., he reached
Sirsa. It is said that this town was built on the dry bed of Ghaggar stream.
At that time, many sadhus and faqirs lived here who were known for their
supernatural powers and had large follOwings. Even the Mohammedan priests
practised concentration to get supernatural powers. Even now some
Mohammedan priests practise concentration, butatthat time the Mohammedan
priests preached their relihYion on the basis ofsupernatural powers like promising
a son to be born or promising prosperity or hYiving some sih'1let to bring good
luck or curing sickness. Meaning, by trying to fulfill their worldly desires and
in this way impress the people and ask them to follow their Mohammedan
religion.
To guide people to relihYiousness was not their aim. Their motive was to
impress the people that they had supernatural powers and could help the
people in their fulfillment ofworldly desires, and in this way they were making
money.In this way they were also fulfilling their desire that more and more
people should start following the Mohammedan religion. Sirsa was an important
destination for the Muslim priests. From here they could exert their influence
in the neighbouring Satluj region and Rajasthan state.
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