Shiv Dayal Singh

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Soamiji Maharaj Shiv Dayal Singh (25 August 1818–15 June 1878) (also known as Siva Dayal Sahib), the first Satguru of Radhasoami, was born August 25, 1818, into a khatri family, residing in Panni Gali, Agra, India. On the request of his disciple, Rai Saligram Bahadur, also known as Huzur Maharaj, he began offering satsang on Basant-Panchami day in January 1861. Around 1866, the satsang was named “Radhasoami Satsang." Soamiji Maharaj presided over the satsang meetings for seventeen years at Panni Gali and Soami Bagh in Agra until he died on June 15, 1878. ^[1]

The lineage of Shiv Dayal Singh often is referred to as Radhasoami lineage. Accounts of his guru and successors vary, and the one below is not the only recognized lineage, although he did give verbal instructions on his last day as to how his followers should be cared for. ^[2] According to Radha Soami Satsang Beas, his guru was Tulsi Sahib of Hathras. According to Soami Bagh and Dayal Bagh successors, Tulsi Sahib ^[3] was a contemporary guru of the same teachings, but being a natural born Satguru, Shiv Dayal Singh himself had no guru.

Shiv Dayal Singh’s immediate successors included:

• Huzur Maharaj Rai Salig Ram of Peepal Mandi, Agra
• Babaji Maharaj Jaimal Singh of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Beas
• Gharib Das of Sarai Rohilla, Delhi
• Sanmukh Das of Soami Bagh, Agra
• Chachaji Partap Singh of Soami Bagh, Agra
• Radhaji Narayan Dei of Panni Gali, Agra.

[edit] See also

• Contemporary Sant Mat movements

[edit] Notes and references

1. ↑  Soamiji Maharaj gallery
2. ↑  Singh, S. S., & Johnson, J. P. (Translators). (1934). Sar Bachan: An abstract of the teachings of Soami Ji Maharaj, the founder of the Radha Soami system of philosophy and spiritual science: The yoga of the Sound Current. (9th ed.) Beas, India: Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
3. ↑  Tulsi Sahib and His Teachings

[edit] External links

• Sant Mat - Surat Shabd Yoga: Contemporary Guru Lines & Branches