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{{Short description|Fifth Sant Satguru of Radhasoami Faith and Founder of Dayalbagh}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
|name           = Anand Swarup
| name               = Anand Swarup
|image         =  
| image             =
|alias         = Sahabji Maharaj
| alias             = Param Purush Puran Dhani Sahab Ji Mahraj, Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj
|location       = [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| location           = [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|religion       = Sant SatGuru Of [[Radhasoami]] Faith
| religion           = Sant SatGuru Of [[Radha Soami]] Sect
|sect = Sant Mat
| sect               = Sant Mat Radhasoami
|title         = Spiritual Teacher(Sant [[Satguru]])
| title             = Spiritual Teacher (Sant [[Satguru]])
|period         = (1913-1937)
| period             = (1913-1937)
|predecessor   = [[Kamta Prasad Sinha|Param Guru Sarkar Sahab]]
| predecessor       = [[Kamta Prasad Sinha]]
|successor     = [[Gurcharan Das Mehta|Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj]]
| successor         = [[Gurcharan Das Mehta]]
|birth_date =6 August 1881
| birth_date         = 6 August 1881
|birth_place =
| birth_place       = [[Ambala]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
|death_date =24 June 1937
| death_date         = 24 June 1937 (aged 55)
|death_place = Agra, [[North-Western Provinces]], British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
| death_place       = [[Agra]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
}}
}}
'''[[Sir]] Anand Swarup, Kt.''' (6 August 1881 – 24 June 1937) also known as Param Guru Huzur Sahabji Maharaj<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm|title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith|website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}}</ref> was the founder of [[Dayalbagh]]. He was the fifth revered leader, or Sant [[Satguru]], of (the [[Dayal Bagh|Dayalbagh]] branch of the) [[Radha Soami|Radhasoami]] faith,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Juergensmeyer|first1=Mark|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|date=1995|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691010922}}</ref> who succeeded [[Kamta Prasad Sinha|Sarkar Sahab]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radhasoamidayal.net/Guru4.html|title=Guru|accessdate=2017-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84:brief-history&catid=24:about-dei&Itemid=102|title=Historical Perspective|publisher=Dayalbagh Educational Institute|accessdate=2017-08-29}}</ref> He also laid the foundation of Radhasoami Educational Institute,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/admission/index.php/important-links/153-rei-intermediate-college-dayalbagh-agra|title=REI Intermediate College, Dayalbagh, Agra|accessdate=2017-08-29}}</ref> a co-educational middle school which opened in 1917 and later expanded and developed as [[Dayalbagh Educational Institute]]<ref>http://www.dei.ac.in</ref> (Deemed University). He wrote many holy books on Radhasoami Faith, explaining the concepts of [[Surat Shabd Yoga]] and objectives of Radhasoami Faith in general.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.freehindipdfbooks.com/download-now/radhaswami-mat-darshan-jo-mutlashiyo-ke-liye-hindi-book/|title=Radhaswami Mat Darshan : Mutlashiyo Ke Liye}}</ref><ref>http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/publications/publication_files/Publication.html Retrieved 2017-08-29.</ref>{{ref|radha}}
'''Anand Swarup''' (6 August 1881 – 24 June 1937), honorifically known as '''Param Guru Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm|title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith|website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}}</ref> was the founder of [[Dayalbagh]] and the fifth revered leader, or Sant [[Satguru]] of Radhasoami faith also known as [[Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh]] and Spiritual Head of [[Radha Soami Satsang Sabha|Radhasoami Satsang Sabha]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Juergensmeyer|first1=Mark|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|date=1995|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691010922}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shai |first=Radhasoami |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61840 |title=Souvenir In Commemoration Of The First Centenary Of The Radhasoami Satsang |date=1961}}</ref> He succeeded [[Kamta Prasad Sinha|Sarkar Sahab]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radhasoamidayal.net/Guru4.html|title=Guru|accessdate=29 August 2017|archive-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531172605/http://radhasoamidayal.net/Guru4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84:brief-history&catid=24:about-dei&Itemid=102|title=Historical Perspective|publisher=Dayalbagh Educational Institute|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> He also laid the foundation of Radha Soami Educational Institute (REI),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/admission/index.php/important-links/153-rei-intermediate-college-dayalbagh-agra|title=REI Intermediate College, Dayalbagh, Agra|accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> a co-educational middle school which opened in 1917 and later expanded and developed as [[Dayalbagh Educational Institute]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dei.ac.in/ |title=Home |website=dei.ac.in}}</ref>(Deemed University).  
[[File:Anand Swarup.jpg|thumb|Anand Swarup alias Hazur Sahab Ji Maharaj]]
He was knighted in the [[1936 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34238 |supp=y |pages=1–18 |date= 31 December 1935}}</ref> for founding Dayalbagh.


Sir Sahabji Maharaj was knighted in [[1936 New Year Honours|1936]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34238 |supp=y |pages=1–18 |date= 31 December 1935}}</ref> for founding Dayalbagh.
== Early life ==
He was born on 6 August 1881 in a [[Sikhism|Sikh]] [[Ahluwalia (surname)|Ahluwalia]] mercantile family belonging to Ambala.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lorenzen |first=David N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7nYvxCiAQcC&dq=Ahluwalia+caste&pg=PA85 |title=Bhakti Religion in North India: Community Identity and Political Action |date=9 November 1994 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1126-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Juergensmeyer |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC&dq=Ahluwalia+caste&pg=PA49 |title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith |date=1991 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-01092-2 |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
== Literature ==
He wrote many holy books on the Radha Soami sect, explaining the concepts of [[Surat Shabd Yoga]] and objectives of Radha Soami in general. A composition of beautiful and inspiring Hymns named 'PREM BILAS' was brought out during His life time.A magazine named 'PREM PRACHARAK' was also published from Dayal Bagh. It contained the day-to-day discourses of Param Guru Sahabji Maharaj and other activities of Satsang. Lists of his Holy Books  published by [[Radha Soami Satsang Sabha|Radhasoami Satsang Sabha]] :
 
# ''Prem Bilas''
# ''Radhasoami Mat Darshan''
# ''Prem Sandesh''
# ''Bhagvad Geeta Ke Updesh''
# ''Amrit Bachan''
# ''Satsang Ke Updesh''
# ''Jigyasa''
# ''Yatharth Prakash''
# ''Sharanashram Ka Shapoot''
# ''Swarajy''
# ''Sansar Chakr''
# ''Deen Va Duniya'' <ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.freehindipdfbooks.com/download-now/radhaswami-mat-darshan-jo-mutlashiyo-ke-liye-hindi-book/ |title=Radhaswami Mat Darshan : Mutlashiyo Ke Liye |access-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827212303/https://www.freehindipdfbooks.com/download-now/radhaswami-mat-darshan-jo-mutlashiyo-ke-liye-hindi-book/ |archive-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Publications |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/publications/publication_files/Publication.html |access-date=29 August 2017 |website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}}</ref>{{ref|radha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Login – Dayalbagh Press & Publications Pvt. Ltd. |url=https://dbpress.dayalbagh.org.in/login/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdbpress.dayalbagh.org.in%2Fholy-books-by-our-revered-sant-satgurus%2Fparam-guru-sahabji-maharaj%2F |access-date=16 February 2025 |language=en-US|url-access=registration}}</ref>
 
== Teachings ==
Huzur Sahabji Maharaj founded Dayalbagh - Garden of the Merciful, the Spiritual Home of ''Satsangis'' which is an envy of the heavens on 20 January 1915 on [[Vasant Panchami|Basant Panchami]] Day. He spread the Message of Satsang to the four corners of the country and showed that it is possible to bring about fusion of traditional [[mysticism]] and modern science and technology. He told us that '''''Better Worldliness''''' rather than unworldliness should be our ideal. We should not become unmindful of our social responsibilities and duties as a citizen in our religious pursuits. We should follow the ideal of '''''Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man''''' if we want peace in the world. He composed Prem Bilas and Yathartha Prakasa and Bhagwad Gita ke Updesh clarified the true meaning of our old scriptures and how they are in line with the concepts and philosophy of [[Sant Mat]].He left for His Heavenly Abode on 24 June 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Inspiration |url=https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/rei/index.php/about-us/our-inspiration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=India) |first=Radhasoami Satsang Sabha (Dayal Bagh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eg9zwEACAAJ |title=Souvenir in Commemoration of the First Centenary of the Radhasoami Satsang, 1861-1961: A Brief Account of the Progress of the Radhasoami Satsang During 100 Years Ended on Basant Day, 21st January 1961 |date=1975 |publisher=Radhasoami Satsang Sabha |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh ==
Located at: [[Dayalbagh]], Agra. Lineage: [[Shiv Dayal Singh]] (Soami Ji Maharaj)- [[Salig Ram]](Huzur Maharaj)— [[Maharaj Sahab|Brahm Shankar Misra]](Maharaj Sahab) — [[Kamta Prasad Sinha]](Sarkar Sahab) — Anand Swarup (Sahab Ji Maharaj, Founder of Dayalbagh) — [[Gurcharan Das Mehta]](Mehta Ji Maharaj) — [[Makund Behari Lal]](Lal Sahab) — [[Prem Saran Satsangi]](Satsangi Sahab). Dayalbagh was founded by Anand Swarup, Kt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/ |title=Home |website=dayalbagh.org.in}}</ref> The present Guru<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm |website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}}</ref> [[Prem Saran Satsangi]]<ref name="auto"/> is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapters - Sysi.org |url=https://www.sysi.org/chapters.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=www.sysi.org}}</ref> of [[IIT Delhi]]. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in [[Dayalbagh]] from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/agra-temple-113-years-in-the-making-inches-towards-completion/articleshow/59040687.cms|title=Agra: Agra temple, 113 years in the making, inches towards completion &#124; Agra News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bicentennial Celebration Closing Function August 24, 2018 Flyer |url=https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/files/events/2017/Bicentennial_Celebration_Closing_Function_August_24_2018_Flyer.pdf |website=www.dei.ac.in}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Radha Soami Satsang Sabha|Radha Soami Satsang Dayalbagh]] lineage
*;* [[Shiv Dayal Singh|Param Guru Soami Ji Maharaj]] '''(1818–1878)'''
*;* [[Salig Ram|Param Guru Huzur Maharaj]] '''(1829–1898)'''
*;* [[Maharaj Sahab|Param Guru Maharaj Sahab]] (1861–1907)
*;* [[Kamta Prasad Sinha|Param Guru Sarkar Sahab]] (1871–1913)
*;* Param Guru Sahab Ji Maharaj (1881–1937)
*;* [[Gurcharan Das Mehta|Param Guru Mehta Ji Maharaj]] (1885–1975)
*;* [[Makund Behari Lal|Param Guru Lal Sahab]] (1907–2002)
*;* [[Prem Saran Satsangi|Param Guru Satsangi Sahab]] (1937 – present
*[[Contemporary Sant Mat movements]]
*[[Contemporary Sant Mat movements]]
*[[Dayalbagh]]
*[[Sant Mat]]
*[[Sant Mat]]


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org/chronology.htm Radhasoami Satsang]
*[http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org/chronology.htm Radhasoami Satsang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817235747/http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org/chronology.htm |date=17 August 2017 }}
*[http://radhasoamidayal.net/GuruIntro.html Radhasoami Dayal]
*[http://radhasoamidayal.net/GuruIntro.html Radhasoami Dayal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011015448/http://radhasoamidayal.net/GuruIntro.html |date=11 October 2017 }}
*[http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1__l_.pdf Sant Mat - Radhasoami Mat]
*[http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1__l_.pdf Sant Mat - Radhasoami Mat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829075559/http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1__l_.pdf |date=29 August 2017 }}
*[http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/ Official site]
*[http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/ Official site]


==Sources==
==Notes==
{{note|radha}} ''Radhasoami Faith – History and Tenets''. Radhasoami Satsang (Publisher), 2nd ed, Agra, 1988
{{note|radha}} ''Radha Soami Sect – History and Tenets''. Radha Soami Satsang (Publisher), 2nd ed, Agra, 1988


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Anand Swarup
TitleSpiritual Teacher (Sant Satguru)
Other namesParam Purush Puran Dhani Sahab Ji Mahraj, Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj
Personal
Born6 August 1881
Ambala, Punjab, British India
Died24 June 1937 (aged 55)
Agra, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
ReligionSant SatGuru Of Radha Soami Sect
SectSant Mat Radhasoami
Other namesParam Purush Puran Dhani Sahab Ji Mahraj, Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj
Senior posting
Based inAgra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Period in office(1913-1937)
PredecessorKamta Prasad Sinha
SuccessorGurcharan Das Mehta

Anand Swarup (6 August 1881 – 24 June 1937), honorifically known as Param Guru Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj,[1] was the founder of Dayalbagh and the fifth revered leader, or Sant Satguru of Radhasoami faith also known as Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh and Spiritual Head of Radhasoami Satsang Sabha.[2][3] He succeeded Sarkar Sahab in 1913.[4][5] He also laid the foundation of Radha Soami Educational Institute (REI),[6] a co-educational middle school which opened in 1917 and later expanded and developed as Dayalbagh Educational Institute[7](Deemed University).

Anand Swarup alias Hazur Sahab Ji Maharaj

He was knighted in the 1936 New Year Honours.[8] for founding Dayalbagh.

Early life[edit | edit source]

He was born on 6 August 1881 in a Sikh Ahluwalia mercantile family belonging to Ambala.[9][10]

Literature[edit | edit source]

He wrote many holy books on the Radha Soami sect, explaining the concepts of Surat Shabd Yoga and objectives of Radha Soami in general. A composition of beautiful and inspiring Hymns named 'PREM BILAS' was brought out during His life time.A magazine named 'PREM PRACHARAK' was also published from Dayal Bagh. It contained the day-to-day discourses of Param Guru Sahabji Maharaj and other activities of Satsang. Lists of his Holy Books published by Radhasoami Satsang Sabha :

  1. Prem Bilas
  2. Radhasoami Mat Darshan
  3. Prem Sandesh
  4. Bhagvad Geeta Ke Updesh
  5. Amrit Bachan
  6. Satsang Ke Updesh
  7. Jigyasa
  8. Yatharth Prakash
  9. Sharanashram Ka Shapoot
  10. Swarajy
  11. Sansar Chakr
  12. Deen Va Duniya [11][12][1][13]

Teachings[edit | edit source]

Huzur Sahabji Maharaj founded Dayalbagh - Garden of the Merciful, the Spiritual Home of Satsangis which is an envy of the heavens on 20 January 1915 on Basant Panchami Day. He spread the Message of Satsang to the four corners of the country and showed that it is possible to bring about fusion of traditional mysticism and modern science and technology. He told us that Better Worldliness rather than unworldliness should be our ideal. We should not become unmindful of our social responsibilities and duties as a citizen in our religious pursuits. We should follow the ideal of Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man if we want peace in the world. He composed Prem Bilas and Yathartha Prakasa and Bhagwad Gita ke Updesh clarified the true meaning of our old scriptures and how they are in line with the concepts and philosophy of Sant Mat.He left for His Heavenly Abode on 24 June 1937.[14][15]

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh[edit | edit source]

Located at: Dayalbagh, Agra. Lineage: Shiv Dayal Singh (Soami Ji Maharaj)- Salig Ram(Huzur Maharaj)— Brahm Shankar Misra(Maharaj Sahab) — Kamta Prasad Sinha(Sarkar Sahab) — Anand Swarup (Sahab Ji Maharaj, Founder of Dayalbagh) — Gurcharan Das Mehta(Mehta Ji Maharaj) — Makund Behari Lal(Lal Sahab) — Prem Saran Satsangi(Satsangi Sahab). Dayalbagh was founded by Anand Swarup, Kt.[16] The present Guru[17] Prem Saran Satsangi[17] is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist[18] of IIT Delhi. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in Dayalbagh from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.[19][20]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith". www.dayalbagh.org.in.
  2. ↑ Juergensmeyer, Mark (1995). Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691010922.
  3. ↑ Shai, Radhasoami (1961). Souvenir In Commemoration Of The First Centenary Of The Radhasoami Satsang.
  4. ↑ "Guru". Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Historical Perspective". Dayalbagh Educational Institute. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "REI Intermediate College, Dayalbagh, Agra". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Home". dei.ac.in.
  8. ↑ "No. 34238". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1935. pp. 1–18.
  9. ↑ Lorenzen, David N. (9 November 1994). Bhakti Religion in North India: Community Identity and Political Action. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-1126-2.
  10. ↑ Juergensmeyer, Mark (1991). Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-01092-2.
  11. ↑ Radhaswami Mat Darshan : Mutlashiyo Ke Liye. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Publications". www.dayalbagh.org.in. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Login – Dayalbagh Press & Publications Pvt. Ltd". Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Our Inspiration".
  15. ↑ India), Radhasoami Satsang Sabha (Dayal Bagh (1975). Souvenir in Commemoration of the First Centenary of the Radhasoami Satsang, 1861-1961: A Brief Account of the Progress of the Radhasoami Satsang During 100 Years Ended on Basant Day, 21st January 1961. Radhasoami Satsang Sabha.
  16. ↑ "Home". dayalbagh.org.in.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith". www.dayalbagh.org.in.
  18. ↑ "Chapters - Sysi.org". www.sysi.org. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  19. ↑ "Agra: Agra temple, 113 years in the making, inches towards completion | Agra News - Times of India". The Times of India. 8 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Bicentennial Celebration Closing Function August 24, 2018 Flyer" (PDF). www.dei.ac.in.

External links[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

^ Radha Soami Sect – History and Tenets. Radha Soami Satsang (Publisher), 2nd ed, Agra, 1988

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