Anand Swarup

{{Short description|Fifth Sant Satguru of Radhasoami Faith and Founder of Dayalbagh}}

{{Infobox religious biography

| name = Anand Swarup

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| alias = Param Purush Puran Dhani Sahab Ji Mahraj, Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj

| location = Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

| religion = Sant SatGuru Of Radha Soami Sect

| sect = Sant Mat Radhasoami

| title = Spiritual Teacher (Sant Satguru)

| period = (1913-1937)

| predecessor = Kamta Prasad Sinha

| successor = Gurcharan Das Mehta

| birth_date = 6 August 1881

| birth_place = Ambala

| death_date = 24 June 1937 (aged 55)

| death_place = Agra, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)

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Anand Swarup (6 August 1881 – 24 June 1937), honorifically known as Param Guru Huzur Sahab Ji Maharaj,{{cite web|url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm|title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith|website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}} was the founder of Dayalbagh and the fifth revered leader, or Sant Satguru of Radhasoami faith also known as Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh and Spritual Head of Radhasoami Satsang Sabha.{{cite book|last1=Juergensmeyer|first1=Mark|title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith|date=1995|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691010922}}{{Cite book |last=Shai |first=Radhasoami |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61840 |title=Souvenir In Commemoration Of The First Centenary Of The Radhasoami Satsang |date=1961}} He succeeded Sarkar Sahab in 1913.{{cite web|url=http://radhasoamidayal.net/Guru4.html|title=Guru|accessdate=29 August 2017|archive-date=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531172605/http://radhasoamidayal.net/Guru4.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84:brief-history&catid=24:about-dei&Itemid=102|title=Historical Perspective|publisher=Dayalbagh Educational Institute|accessdate=29 August 2017}} He also laid the foundation of Radha Soami Educational Institute (REI),{{cite web|url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/admission/index.php/important-links/153-rei-intermediate-college-dayalbagh-agra|title=REI Intermediate College, Dayalbagh, Agra|accessdate=29 August 2017}} a co-educational middle school which opened in 1917 and later expanded and developed as Dayalbagh Educational Institute{{cite web |url=http://www.dei.ac.in/ |title=Home |website=dei.ac.in}}(Deemed University).

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He was knighted in the 1936 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=34238 |supp=y |pages=1–18 |date= 31 December 1935}} for founding Dayalbagh.

Early life

He was born on 6 August 1881 in a Sikh Ahluwalia mercantile family belonging to Ambala.{{Cite book |last=Lorenzen |first=David N. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=L7nYvxCiAQcC&pg=PA85&dq=Ahluwalia+caste&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLj7b9vcOMAxVN4TgGHVo5H8c4FBDoAXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=Ahluwalia%20caste&f=false |title=Bhakti Religion in North India: Community Identity and Political Action |date=9 November 1994 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-1126-2 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Juergensmeyer |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=slX3eRycszMC&pg=PA49&dq=Ahluwalia+caste&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd8uONvcOMAxUIzTgGHaR7MDMQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=Ahluwalia%20caste&f=false |title=Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith |date=1991 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-01092-2 |language=en}}

Literature

He wrote many holy books on the Radha Soami sect, explaining the concepts of Surat Shabd Yoga and objectives of Radha Soami in general. A composition of beautiful and inspiring Hymns named 'PREM BILAS' was brought out during His life time.A magazine named 'PREM PRACHARAK' was also published from Dayal Bagh. It contained the day-to-day discourses of Param Guru Sahabji Maharaj and other activities of Satsang. Lists of his Holy Books published by Radhasoami Satsang Sabha :

Prem Bilas
Radhasoami Mat Darshan
Prem Sandesh
Bhagvad Geeta Ke Updesh
Amrit Bachan
Satsang Ke Updesh
Jigyasa
Yatharth Prakash
Sharanashram Ka Shapoot
Swarajy
Sansar Chakr
Deen Va Duniya {{cite book |url=https://www.freehindipdfbooks.com/download-now/radhaswami-mat-darshan-jo-mutlashiyo-ke-liye-hindi-book/ |title=Radhaswami Mat Darshan : Mutlashiyo Ke Liye |access-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827212303/https://www.freehindipdfbooks.com/download-now/radhaswami-mat-darshan-jo-mutlashiyo-ke-liye-hindi-book/ |archive-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Publications |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/publications/publication_files/Publication.html |access-date=29 August 2017 |website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}}{{ref|radha}}{{Cite web |title=Login – Dayalbagh Press & Publications Pvt. Ltd. |url=https://dbpress.dayalbagh.org.in/login/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdbpress.dayalbagh.org.in%2Fholy-books-by-our-revered-sant-satgurus%2Fparam-guru-sahabji-maharaj%2F |access-date=16 February 2025 |language=en-US|url-access=registration}}

Teachings

Huzur Sahabji Maharaj founded Dayalbagh - Garden of the Merciful, the Spiritual Home of Satsangis which is an envy of the heavens on 20 January 1915 on Basant Panchami Day. He spread the Message of Satsang to the four corners of the country and showed that it is possible to bring about fusion of traditional mysticism and modern science and technology. He told us that Better Worldliness rather than unworldliness should be our ideal. We should not become unmindful of our social responsibilities and duties as a citizen in our religious pursuits. We should follow the ideal of Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man if we want peace in the world. He composed Prem Bilas and Yathartha Prakasa and Bhagwad Gita ke Updesh clarified the true meaning of our old scriptures and how they are in line with the concepts and philosophy of Sant Mat.He left for His Heavenly Abode on 24 June 1937. {{Cite web |title=Our Inspiration |url=https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/rei/index.php/about-us/our-inspiration}}{{Cite book |last=India) |first=Radhasoami Satsang Sabha (Dayal Bagh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eg9zwEACAAJ |title=Souvenir in Commemoration of the First Centenary of the Radhasoami Satsang, 1861-1961: A Brief Account of the Progress of the Radhasoami Satsang During 100 Years Ended on Basant Day, 21st January 1961 |date=1975 |publisher=Radhasoami Satsang Sabha |language=en}}

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

Located at: Dayalbagh, Agra. Lineage: Shiv Dayal Singh (Soami Ji Maharaj)- Salig Ram(Huzur Maharaj)— Brahm Shankar Misra(Maharaj Sahab) — Kamta Prasad Sinha(Sarkar Sahab) — Anand Swarup (Sahab Ji Maharaj, Founder of Dayalbagh) — Gurcharan Das Mehta(Mehta Ji Maharaj) — Makund Behari Lal(Lal Sahab) — Prem Saran Satsangi(Satsangi Sahab). Dayalbagh was founded by Anand Swarup, Kt.{{cite web |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/ |title=Home |website=dayalbagh.org.in}} The present Guru{{Cite web |title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith |url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm |website=www.dayalbagh.org.in}} Prem Saran Satsangi is an emeritus professor, physicist and system scientist{{Cite web |title=Chapters - Sysi.org |url=https://www.sysi.org/chapters.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=www.sysi.org}} of IIT Delhi. The 200th birth anniversary of Shiv Dayal Singh was celebrated in Dayalbagh from August 2017 to 24 August 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/agra-temple-113-years-in-the-making-inches-towards-completion/articleshow/59040687.cms|title=Agra: Agra temple, 113 years in the making, inches towards completion | Agra News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=8 June 2017 }}{{Cite web |title=Bicentennial Celebration Closing Function August 24, 2018 Flyer |url=https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/files/events/2017/Bicentennial_Celebration_Closing_Function_August_24_2018_Flyer.pdf |website=www.dei.ac.in}}

References

External links

[http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org/chronology.htm Radhasoami Satsang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817235747/http://www.radhasoamisatsang.org/chronology.htm |date=17 August 2017 }}
[http://radhasoamidayal.net/GuruIntro.html Radhasoami Dayal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011015448/http://radhasoamidayal.net/GuruIntro.html |date=11 October 2017 }}
[http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1__l_.pdf Sant Mat - Radhasoami Mat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829075559/http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/data-server/eacharya-documents/548158e2e41301125fd790cf_INFIEP_72/110/ET/72-110-ET-V1-S1__l_.pdf |date=29 August 2017 }}
[http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/ Official site]