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| birth_date = 8 November 1870<br />
| birth_place = [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|08|29|1870|11|08|df=yes}}<br />
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| years_active = 1870-1943<br />
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| parents = Sardar Jai Singh<br>Mata Sada Kaur<br />
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'''Nand Singh''' (8 November 1870 – 29 August 1943) was a Sikh [[saint]]. He is known as the founder of the Nanaksar sect.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Guest |title=Badal pays tribute to Sant Baba Nand Singh ji {{!}} Sikh Sangat News |url=http://sikhsangat.org/2013/badal-pays-tribute-to-sant-baba-nand-singh-ji/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=To defuse crisis, Centre plans to turn to Akal Takht Jathedar |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/to-defuse-crisis-centre-plans-to-turn-to-akal-takht-jathedar-195706 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Nand Singh was born on 8 November 1870 at [[Sherpur, Punjab|Sherpur]] village in [[Jagraon]], [[Ludhiana district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] to Sardar Jai Singh and Mata Sada Kaur. It is reported that he displayed a proclivity for meditation from a young age, once being found doing so while sitting at the edge of a well in the middle of the night.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar |url=http://www.nanaksarthath.co.uk/babanandsingh.asp |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.nanaksarthath.co.uk}}</ref><br />
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== Life work ==<br />
Nand Singh left his house to do [[Seva (Indian religions)|sewa]] at Gurdwara Sahib in [[Firozpur]]. He acquired a distinct group of followers during his lifetime. At a very young age, he left his family to seek enlightenment and became a disciple of Maha Harnam Singh,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Repository of Infinite Divine Powers |url=https://www.babanandsinghji.org/lord-of-life-and-death/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.babanandsinghji.org}}</ref> another great Saint of great spirit. There he met [[Harnam Singh (saint)|Harnam Singh]], who was impressed by his spirituality. He mentored him in the ways of devotion and the spirit of sacrifice.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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It is said Singh went to a forest for further meditation. After some time, he returned from the forest and stayed outside nearby village. The villagers constructed a temporary shelter for him. After some time, dwellers of the Kalera village approached him with an invitation to their village, which he accepted. En route, he stopped at a well located between Kalera and Kaunke. He made his camp there, and a small hut was made for him by the villagers. Singh started his meditation there.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Nand Singh established his [[dera]], now known as [[Nanaksar]], near Kalera. The food ([[Langar (Sikhism)|langar]]) was provided by nearby villagers, a practice which is in place to this day. Unlike other [[Gurdwara|gurdwaras]], no financial offerings are made by the devotees in front of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] at this Sri Nanaksar Gurdwara.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sub Division, Jagraon, Punjab |url=http://www.jagraonadministration.in/nanaksar.php |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.jagraonadministration.in}}</ref><br />
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==controversy==<br />
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The practices of word repetition, paath accounting etc are said to be anti Sikh in some circles. Nansksar has therefore come to be associated with Sikhiism as a cult and not as a sikh institution. Gurubani in the SGGS describes the japp and tapp practices of Nand Singh as brahmanical empty rituals.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Nand Singh left his bodily form at Nanaksar in Punjab which is now recognized as the central dera although his devotees have established Gurudwaras under the name of Nanaksar across [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Uttarakhand]], and [[Canada]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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