The town of Jandu Singha is situated around three miles from Nirmal Kutiya Johalan. Many residents of this town served in the Army of Shri Hargobind Sahib ji, the Sixth Master of the Sikhs. Prominent among them were Karma, Dharma, Bhai Sudha and Bhai Budha. All of them were in the forefront during the four battles fought by the Army of Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib ji against the Moghul Forces.
After winning the battle at Kartarpur, the Sixth Guru with some of his soldiers came to Jandu Singha, on the request of his key soldiers. Guru Sahib stayed at Jandu Singha at a place surrounded by trees. There was a well nearby. It is said that there were forty soldiers with Guru Sahib.
The place chosen by Guru Sahib, belonged to the down trodden and poor people of the town. These people were so poor that they could only manage a broken cot for Guru Sahib. Guru Sahib happily and smilingly sat on the cot.
The people served Guru Sahib enthusiastically. Guru Sahib observed the utter humility and devotion with which these people served him. He was very happy and said to them, “There will be vivacity and nourishment of Sikhism at this place. I will be present here all the time and this place will be specially guarded by the Sikh martyrs.”
The people of the town continued to be blessed by Guru Maharaj. The Holy words of the Tenth Master were in fact a prediction. In 1876, some of the residents specially approached Bhai Ishar Singh of Kartarpur to indite for them a copy of the complete Sri Guru Granth Sahib. On the completion of the handwritten Holy Book, the same was brought to Jandu Singha and placed in a small room. (This Holy Book is still intact and people pay their homage and respect.)
The room where the Holy Book was placed was made of unbaked bricks.
Unfortunately the town had to face the deadly contagious disease of plague in the year 1902. People were so involved in tackling the spread of the epidemic that they forgot about the Holy Book kept in the small room. They did not remember about it even after the town had been cleansed of the disease.
Sant Baba Basant Singh ji Maharaj, a Holy saint and the beloved disciple of Sant Baba Harnam Singh ji Maharaj of Jiyan, was involved in the worship of the Almighty Satguru at his temporary abode near village Bhatolian. In the year 1912, Sant Baba Basant Singh ji Maharaj came to Jandu Singha. He came here to carry out the orders of the Almighty. The residents of the town immediately recognized the divine personality and paid their respects to Sant Baba Ji. It so happened that he was respectfully made to sit near the small room. People from far and near on coming to know about the presence of a Holy person in the town came to pay their homage.
Sant Baba ji silently observed the people and graced the people with his holy eyes. He suddenly raised a question, “What is in this room?” When no one replied, he instructed, “Please open this room.”
When the room was opened it was observed that the Holy Book was kept on a small cot. Termite had eaten the wooden cot kept in a closed room for such a long time. Sant Baba ji genuflected in front of the Holy Book with all respect and the people present there also did the same.
Sant Baba ji admonished the people gathered there, “You people have shown disrespect to the Holy Book. A new cot be brought now and the Holy Book be placed on it. A canopy should be made to cover the Holy Book.”
The devotees of Sant Baba ji were ashamed of their disrespect towards the Holy Book and complied with the instructions immediately. The Holy Book was kept on a new cot in a clean room and was opened in the ritualistic manner for the people to pay their homage.
Sant Baba ji explained to the followers, “Our Guru is far away from superstitions. He is ever guiding us in our activities. We should follow the instructions of our Guru and recite Gurbani. We should all pay our respects to the Holy Book. It should be opened every day in the morning and in the evening it should be closed and covered in the Rumalas for SUKHASAN. The priest should recite Gurbani and the people should listen to it carefully.”
Sant Baba ji then instructed for starting the continuous recitation of the Gurbani in the form of Akhand Path. Sant Baba ji remained at Jandu Singha for forty days. The Bhog of the first Akhand Path was performed in his presence. The Holy Kirtan was sung and the preachers spoke on Sikhism.
Sant Baba ji brought the residents of the town of Jandu Singha back on the track when they had gone a little astray in following the instructions of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. With the inspiration of Sant Baba ji forty people accepted the ambrosial nectar of the two edged sword on the day of the Bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib. At that time Sardar Arjan Singh and his wife Bant Kaur parents of Master Kundan Singh (who is presently looking after the affairs of the Gurdwara as a member of the Managing Committee) were among those baptized.
After completion of his duty at Jandu Singha Sant Baba ji went back to his abode at Bhatolian.
When Sant Baba ji started living at Nirmal Kutiya Johalan, he often visited Jandu Singha with his followers. A band played in front of Sant Baba ji when he walked towards the town. The followers of Sant Baba ji at Jandu Singha welcomed him at the border of the town. They arranged for the playing of a separate band as soon as they saw Sant Baba ji. Sant Baba ji was then taken inside the town in a procession with full honors. This practice, started during the times of Sant Baba Basant Singh ji Maharaj still continues even today.
After Sant Baba ji, Sant Baba Gian Singh ji and later Sant Baba Harbhajan Singh ji ‘Virakat’ and now the present head of Nirmal Kutiya Johalan, Sant Baba Jit Singh ji is accorded the same respect and the procession is taken out in a similar manner.
The devotees through a Managing Committee are managing the affairs of the Gurdwara at Jandu Singha and are completely attached to Nirmal Kutiya Johalan.