Bidar's connection with Sikhism
The Hindu Monday, Nov 14, 2005 The proud son of Bidar Rishikesh Bahadur Desai LOCATION: The site where the gurdwara will come up at Navadgeri in Bidar. Bidar: The city of Bidar has a significant place in Sikh history. Bhai Sahib Singh, one of the Panj Pyare of Sikhism, was from Bidar. But it appears he has been forgotten. His memorial is incomplete and stray buffaloes wander around the structure. The Panj Pyare, or the Five Beloved, are the men who, under the leadership of Gobind Singh (1666-1708), the last of the 10 Sikh gurus, were initiated into the khalsa or the brotherhood of the Sikh faith. They have a revered place in the Sikh tradition. Daya Ram, a Khatri from Lahore, Dharam Das, a Jat from Delhi, Mohkam Chand, a washerman from Dwaraka in Gujarat, Himmat, a cook from Jagannath in Orissa and Sahib Chand, a barber of Bidar, form the Panj Pyare. The website SikhCyber.com says Sahib Chand was born in 1662 in Bidar, in the then Nizam state of Hyderabad. He sacrificed his life in th...