Relationships with other Sampardas

Nirmala

In Mahant Dayal Singh ji’s exhaustive four-part history of the Nirmala Samparday entitled Nirmal Panth Darshan, on page 245 of the fourth part he describes a sub-samparda (termed an up-sampardai) of the Nirmalas called ‘Sampardai Adhan Shahi Nirmalay’.

Nirmalas at the holy city of Ujjain, home to the Kumbh Mela

Sant Gyani Balwant Singh ji, a Nirmala himself, has researched this upsamparday and in his text Nirmal Panth Bodh he states that this is a complete sub-group unto itself, and not simply an honorary extension to include Sewapanthi vidvans. He names two Nirmalas who refer to themselves as Adhanshahi Nirmalay (Mahant Sampooran Singh and Pandit Utham Singh ji).

Sriman 108 Sant Nirmal Singh Ji Sewapanthi

He goes on to narrate the same process mentioned above for Sewapanthis and Nirmalas; Sewapanthis donning the clothes of and studying with Nirmalas. Examples he identifies include:

Pandit Narayan Singh ji,
Sant Prataap Singh ji Mitha Tivana Vale,
Pandit Utam Singh ji Bulay Vale

Another important link between the two sampardas is the fact that the 7th Sri Mahant of the Sewapanthi samparda, Bhai Sahai Ram ji became Baba Sahai Singh ji at the hands of Baba Bhaag Singh Kurivalia, a Nirmala Baba, at an amrit sanchar in Lahore. From Baba Sahai Singh, there is a direct parampra to the legendary nishkam kirtani Baba Shaam Singh (see Sewapanthi Mahapurush section).

Sriman 108 Pandit Sucha Singh Ji