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Sikh Bhagats (from Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
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Bhagat

In Hinduism, a bhagat is a holy person who leads humanity towards God in Hinduism. A bhagat, or Sant is an Eastern equivalent to a Christian Saint....
) refers to the saints and holy men of various faiths whose teachings are included in the Sikh
Sikh

Sikh is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit ' "disciple, learner" or ' "instruction"....
 holy book the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. The word "bhagat
Bhagat

In Hinduism, a bhagat is a holy person who leads humanity towards God in Hinduism. A bhagat, or Sant is an Eastern equivalent to a Christian Saint....
" means devotee, and comes from the Sanskrit word Bhakti
Bhakti movement

The Bhakti movement was a Hindu religious movement in which the main spiritual practice was loving devotion to God in Hinduism, or bhakti. The devotion was directed towards a particular form of God, such as Shiva, Vishnu, Murukan or Shakti....
, which means devotion and love.

There are 15 Bhagats who are given respect in the Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib , or Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib, is the holy scripture and the final Guru#Classification of gurus of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 pages, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh Gurus, from 1469 to 1708....
 as the Bani
Bani

Gurbani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to any compositions of the Gurus. Gurbani is composed of two words: 'Gur' meaning 'the Guru's' and 'bani' meaning 'word'....
 of the Ten Sikh Gurus. Throughout the history of India there have been saints and reformers who were dissatisfied with the superstitions and the religious vagaries that were being practiced by the masses at the time.






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Sikh Bhagats (from Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 ????
Bhagat

In Hinduism, a bhagat is a holy person who leads humanity towards God in Hinduism. A bhagat, or Sant is an Eastern equivalent to a Christian Saint....
) refers to the saints and holy men of various faiths whose teachings are included in the Sikh
Sikh

Sikh is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit ' "disciple, learner" or ' "instruction"....
 holy book the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. The word "bhagat
Bhagat

In Hinduism, a bhagat is a holy person who leads humanity towards God in Hinduism. A bhagat, or Sant is an Eastern equivalent to a Christian Saint....
" means devotee, and comes from the Sanskrit word Bhakti
Bhakti movement

The Bhakti movement was a Hindu religious movement in which the main spiritual practice was loving devotion to God in Hinduism, or bhakti. The devotion was directed towards a particular form of God, such as Shiva, Vishnu, Murukan or Shakti....
, which means devotion and love.

There are 15 Bhagats who are given respect in the Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib , or Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib, is the holy scripture and the final Guru#Classification of gurus of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 pages, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh Gurus, from 1469 to 1708....
 as the Bani
Bani

Gurbani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to any compositions of the Gurus. Gurbani is composed of two words: 'Gur' meaning 'the Guru's' and 'bani' meaning 'word'....
 of the Ten Sikh Gurus. Throughout the history of India there have been saints and reformers who were dissatisfied with the superstitions and the religious vagaries that were being practiced by the masses at the time. They gradually evolved a belief in one God that preceded Guru Nanak. The teachings of these Bhagats are given the same prominence in the Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib , or Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib, is the holy scripture and the final Guru#Classification of gurus of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 pages, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh Gurus, from 1469 to 1708....
, the Sikh Holy Book as well as the contributions from seven of the Ten Sikh Gurus. Guru Arjan Dev selected the writings of The Great Bhaktis. Below is the list of these Saints or Sants:

  • Bhagat Ramanand
    Bhagat Ramanand

    Bhagat Ramanand is considered a pioneer of the Bhakti movement in the Indian subcontinent. He is also regarded as the bridge between the Bhakti movement....
  • Bhagat Sheikh Farid
  • Bhagat Kabir
  • Bhagat Ravidas
  • Bhagat Beni
    Bhagat Beni

    Bhagat Beni is one of the fifteen saints and Sufis, whose teachings have been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, it is believed he spent most of his time in prayer and meditation, who often neglected the household needs while in meditation and prayer....
     
  • Bhagat Namdev
  • Bhagat Sadhana
    Bhagat Sadhana

    Bhagat Sadhna is one of the fifteen saints and s?fis whose hymns are incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. He was born in 1180 at village Sehwan in Hyderabad District Sindh province....
  • Bhagat Bhikhan
    Bhagat Bhikhan

    BHIKHAN , a medieval Indian saint two of whose hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib. There are in fact two saints of that time sharing the same name? Bhakta Bhikhan and Bhikhan the Sufi....
  • Bhagat Parmanand
    Bhagat Parmanand

    PARMANAND, a Maharashtrian saint-poet, one of whose hymns is included in the Guru Granth Sahib. Born probably in 1483, he is believed to have resided at B?rsi, situated to the north of Pandharpur, in present-day Shol?pur district of Mah?r?shtra....
  • Bhagat Sain
    Bhagat Sain

    Bhagat Sain was a disciple of God and lived in the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century. He was a barber at the court of Raja Ram, king of Rewa, then called Bandhavgarh....
  • Bhagat Dhanna
    Bhagat Dhanna

    Dhanna Bhagat was a charitable person and devotee of God with divine powers. He was born in the village of Dhuan Kalan near Deoli city, in the Tonk district Rajasthan, India....
  • Bhagat Pipa
    Bhagat Pipa

    Bhagat Pipa one of whose hymns is incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib, was a prince who renounced his throne in search of spiritual solace. He was born at Gagaraun, in present-day Jhalawar district of Rajasth?n, about AD 1425....
  • Bhagat Surdas
    Bhagat Surdas

    Bhagat Surdas was another influential Bhagat in the Bhagti Movement of India. Bhagat Surdas has also been incorporated in Siri Guru Granth Sahib....
  • Bhagat Jaidev
    Bhagat Jaidev

    Bhagat Jaidev whose 2 hymns are found in the Guru Granth Sahib is the celebrated Sanskrit poet who wrote the "Gitgovind". His father was Bhoidev, a Hindu Brahman, and his mother Bamdevi....
  • Bhagat Trilochan
    Bhagat Trilochan

    Trilochan, a name which literally means three-eyed, that is, seer of the present, past and future, was a celebrated saint of the Vaishya caste. His birth is said to have taken place in the year 1267....


The Shabds And shaloks of these bhagats are included in Guru Granth Sahib.

The Sufi Bhagats that lived in Hindu centres and became largely imbued with Hindu Spirituality, while they at the same time retained their traditional belief in the Divine entity of Pantheism
Pantheism

Pantheism is the view that everything is part of an all-encompassing Immanence abstract God. In pantheism the Universe, or nature, and God are equivalent....
.

Though the spirituality of the Bhagats and certain biographical details are mentioned in both the Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib , or Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib, is the holy scripture and the final Guru#Classification of gurus of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text of 1430 pages, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh Gurus, from 1469 to 1708....
 and Bhai Gurdas in the Varan
Varan Bhai Gurdas

Varan Bhai Gurdas is the name given to the 40 Varan of writing by Bhai Gurdas. They have been referred to as the "Key to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib" by Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru....
, there are no detailed accounts (compared to the lives of the Gurus) of these Bhagats, but accounts of the Bhagats lives are contained in the writings of Nabhaji (the Bhagat Mal), Uddava Chidghan, Mahipati
Mahipati

Mahipati was an author who wrote in Marathi biographies of the prominent Hindu saints who had lived between the 13th and the 17th centuries in Maharashtra, India....
 (the Bhakta Lilamirita), Ganesh Dattatre, Maharaja Raghuraj Sinha, Dahyabhai Ghelabhi Pandit, and others in various Indian texts.