Bhagat Dhanna
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Early life
Dhanna was born in Hindu Jat family in village Chauru of Tehsil Phagi, in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan,[4] and was a disciple of the Bhakti saint-poet Ramananda.[3]
Divine powers
There are a number of mystical stories about the divine powers of Dhanna Bhagat. One such states that once he was ploughing his fields, a large number of Sannyasins (Hindu religious mendicants) came to him hungry and sought food. Dhanna Bhagat gave them all the seeds he had kept for sowing his fields, and ploughed the fields without sowing seeds. The fields produced no food grains, but gourds. When his jagirdir (feudal lord) came to collect the levy, Dhanna Bhagat offered two gourds. Surprised and insulted, the Jagirdar broke the gourds in anger, only to find that they were full of pearls. Bhakti-saint Meera refers to this story in her poem, "sun lijo binati mori, main sharan gahi prabhu teri".[5]
Legacy
Early Sikh literature claims Dharam Singh, one of the inaugural Panj Piare quintet, was the reincarnation of Bhagat Dhanna.[6][7] The Dhaliwal gotra (clan) claims that Bhagat Dhanna was a Dhaliwal.[8]
Popular culture
Bhagat Dhanna Ji Temple and Gurudwara is present in Dhuan Kalan Village, Tonk District, Rajasthan
Indian filmmaker Kidar Nath Sharma made Dhanna Bhagat in 1945 which starred Kamal Zamindar in the title role. In 1974, Bhagat Dhanna Jatt, an Indian Punjabi-language film starring Dara Singh, was released.[9]
Gallery
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Detail of Bhagat Dhanna from a fresco, circa mid-19th century.
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Fresco depicting figures associated with the compilation of the Guru Granth Sahib and its contents, Dhanna is located on the extreme right-most on the very edge, from Gurdwara Baba Atal, Amritsar
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Bhagat Dhanna Jat Temple in Dhuan Kalan Village, Tonk District, Rajasthan
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Bhagat Dhanna Jat Gurudwara in Dhuan Kalan Village, Tonk District, Rajasthan
References
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- ↑ Darshan Singh, Guru Granth Sahib Among The Scriptures Of The World, Publication Bureau, Punjabi University, 1 January 2004, page 107.
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Further reading
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- Sahib Sirigh, Bhagat-BaniSati`k, vol. I. Amritsar, 1979
External links
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