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Nabha Dass

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Nabha Dass was a saint, theologian and author of the Bhaktamal. In this sacred scripture, Nabha Das wrote the life history of almost every saint ranging from the Satya Yuga to the Kali Yuga age. Nabha Dass wrote ‘Bhagatmal’ in 1585. Nabha Dass, a saint belonging to the tradition of Ramananda. On his birthday 8 April, millions of followers remember him and his resolve to work for humanity. Punjab declares 8 April as gazetted holiday on Nabha Dass's birth anniversary His connection with Punjab, Jammu and Himachal: Guru Nabha Dass used to visit the temple of Thakurdwara Bhagwan Narainji in the village Pandori in Gurdaspur district where people of Doom community live. In his celebrated Vaishnav text: Bhaktamal, Goswami Nabha Dass ji wrote about Ramanandi saints Bhagwanji and Narainji of Pandori Dham. Neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Jammu&Kashmir states also have a sizeable presence of the community. Kullu Dussehra is celebrated for a week on the directions of Guru Nabha Dass. There are around 3 million people of the Mahasha community who live in Punjab, including around one lakh in Pathankot itself. "jaat na puchhie saadh ki, poochh leejie gyan, mol karo kirpan ka, pari rahne do mian" ("do not ask caste, religion from holy saints, ask about enlightenment of the God"). He was born on 8 April 1537 at village Bhadrachalam on the bank of the Godavari River in Khammam district in the Indian state of Telangana. His mother was Smt. Janaki Devi ji and his father was Shri Ramdass ji, now known as Ramdassu. Guru Nabha Dass belonged to Mahasha or Doom or Dumna community now known as Nabhadassia. People from this community are also known as Nabhadassias. Their professional work was to make baskets and grain storage containers with bamboo. People from this community are also good musicians because they were involved in Satsang's playing different kinds of instruments. They were strong devotees of Lord Rama, because Rama's temple was situated at Bhadrachalam, now known as Rambhadrachalam. His parents initially had no children, leading the villagers to taunt them.
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