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| name = Seth Shiv | | name = Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj | ||
| image = Shiv Dayal Singh Ji.jpg | | image = Shiv Dayal Singh Ji.jpg | ||
| alias = Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj (honorific used by devotees) | | alias = Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj (honorific used by devotees) | ||
| religion = Sant Mat, [[Radha Soami]] | | religion = Sant Mat, [[Radha Soami]] | ||
| relatives = Shri Deewan Shayam Lal Ji<br/> (Grandfather) | |||
| sect = Uttari Bharat ki Sant Parampara (Sant Tradition of North India) | | sect = Uttari Bharat ki Sant Parampara (Sant Tradition of North India) | ||
| Title = Sant Sat Guru | | Title = Sant Sat Guru | ||
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| death_place = Panni Gali, Agra, [[North-Western Provinces]], British India | | death_place = Panni Gali, Agra, [[North-Western Provinces]], British India | ||
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'''Seth Shiv | '''Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj''', called by the honorific "Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami ji Maharaj" by his disciples and devotees, was born on 25 August 1818 in [[Agra]] in the colonial era [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]), and died on 15 June 1878 in the same city. His parents were followers of a spiritual guru Tulsi Saheb. Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj founded the [[Radha Soami|Radhasoami]] movement – a 19th-century spiritual faith.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC| year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=15–19, 38–42 with footnotes}}</ref> | ||
==Early life == | ==Early life == | ||
The parents of Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh were residents of Punjab, but moved to Agra at the behest of the colonial British government who had set up a major military center there and relied heavily on Sikhs from the Punjab region to staff the base.<ref name="mj15">{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC| year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=15–16 with footnotes}}</ref> At the age of five,Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh was sent to school where he learnt [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and Gurumukhi, Arabic and [[Sanskrit]]. His father, Seth Dilwali Singh was a Sahejdhari Khatri.<ref>''Jivan Charitar Hazur Maharaj'' by Ajodhyā Parshād, p. 36.</ref><ref>''Jivan Charitar Soāmiji Mahārāj'' by Partap Singh Seth, p. 6.</ref> His family including his father, mother, mother-in-law, sister and his wife Nārāini Devi (called "Rādhāji" by followers and devotees) were followers of [[Guru Nanak]], which would make them [[Nanakpanthi|Nanakpanthis]] or Sikhs, states Mark Juergensmeyer.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16" /> In addition, during Singh's childhood, the family also sought the spiritual tutelage of a local living guru named Sant Tulsi "Saheb" of Hathras, India.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16">{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC|year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=16–17 with footnotes}}</ref> | The parents of Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh were residents of Punjab, but moved to Agra at the behest of the colonial British government who had set up a major military center there and relied heavily on Sikhs from the Punjab region to staff the base.<ref name="mj15">{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC| year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=15–16 with footnotes}}</ref> At the age of five,Seth Shiv Dayāl Singh was sent to school where he learnt [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and Gurumukhi, Arabic and [[Sanskrit]]. His father, Seth Dilwali Singh was a Sahejdhari Khatri.<ref>''Jivan Charitar Hazur Maharaj'' by Ajodhyā Parshād, p. 36.</ref><ref>''Jivan Charitar Soāmiji Mahārāj'' by Partap Singh Seth, p. 6.</ref> His family including his father, mother, mother-in-law, sister and his wife Nārāini Devi (called "Rādhāji" by followers and devotees) were followers of [[Guru Nanak]], which would make them [[Nanakpanthi|Nanakpanthis]] or Sikhs, states Mark Juergensmeyer.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16" /> In addition, during Singh's childhood, the family also sought the spiritual tutelage of a local living guru named Sant Tulsi "Saheb" of Hathras, India.<ref name="Juergensmeyer1991p16">{{cite book|author=Mark Juergensmeyer|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slX3eRycszMC|year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-01092-7|pages=16–17 with footnotes}}</ref> | ||