Bhinder Kalan

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Bhinder Kalan (ਭਿੰਡਰ ਕਲਾਂ) is a village in Punjab, India located in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.[1] Earlier its name was Bhinder, but in 1823, some people from this village settled a new village Bhinder Khurd due to the increase in population and its name was changed to Bhinder Kalan.[2] The village was founded in the 15th century by Sardar Chanan of the Toor tribe on the advice of a sanyasi sadhu Suman.[3] Its PIN code is 142041.[4] The village has a higher secondary school, a girls' high school and a primary school. The village was in media headlines after the village sarpanch was accused of performing exorcism on a teenage girl that eventually led to her death.[5] The village is also notable for the previous base of Damdami Taksal at the Gurdwara Akhand Parkash from which many Sikh preachers took their name among whom is Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.[6][7]

Sant Mohan Singh, who was the head of the Gurudwara Akhand Prakash till his death on 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Bhinder Kalan , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ". wikiedit.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ Bhinder, Mukhtiar Singh (October 1997). Anmol Lal (First ed.). p. 8.
  3. ^ Bhinder, Mukhtiar Singh (October 1997). Anmol Lal (First ed.). p. 7.
  4. ^ "Postal Code: BHINDER KALAN, Post Bhinder SO Firozpur (Firozpur, Punjab)". PinCodeArea. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Woman sarpanch in Punjab kills niece to 'rid her of evil spirits'". The Times of India. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Sant Jarnail Singh ji Bhindrenwale". Sikh-History. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2024. He engaged himself in farming until 1965 when he joined the Damdami Taksal of Bhinder Kalan village, about 15 km north of Moga, then headed by Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa. Hence the epithet Bhindrenwale.
  7. ISBN 978-9004242371.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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