A BRIEF LIFE SKETCH OF SANT BABA HARNAM SINGH JI OF VILLAGE JIYAN
Sant Baba Harnam Singh ji Maharaj was a renowned and greatly respected TAPASVI (ascetic). He became a disciple of the famous Sriman 108 Sant Baba Karam Singh ji Maharaj of Hoti Mardaan (now in Pakistan). All his life he served his Gurudev, his spiritual master, with great devotion and with all humbleness. He rigorously followed the directions of his Gurudev and immersed himself in TAP (austerities), NAAM SIMRAN (Constant recitation of the Lord’s Name) and in reading of the holy verses from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Sant Baba Harnam Singh ji was counted among the highest of the high Holy Saints of his time.
This is an attempt to give a brief glimpse of the life of this great soul.
Sriman Sant Baba Harnam Singh ji Maharaj was born to Bibi Ram Kaur and Bhai Sahiya Singh ji, in village Nangal Chhotta of Distt Hoshiarpur in the state of Punjab, in the year 1880 AD (Samvat 1937 Bikrami).
He was just nineteen years old when he decided to join the Army and enlisted on 3rd August 1899, in the 22nd Sikh Regiment.