Brief History Foundation Of Nirmal Ashram

Before introducing the readers to the Nirmal Ashram, Rishikesh, it has been consi-dered necessary to acquaint them briefly with Guru Nanak's 'Nirmal Panth' or 'Nirmal Community' because it is always helpful to know the historical background before under-standing it. 

  
With the emergence of Guru Nanak( first guru of Sikhs), the darkness of ignorance disappeared and the world was lit with divine knowledge.The ideal of the Guru's life was to deliver man-kind from the bondage of life and death by bestowing upon him the highest spiritual state. From this impassible experience of Guru Nanak emerged that unique, pure Nirmal Panth .

With the emergence of Guru Nanak( first guru of Sikhs), the darkness of ignorance disappeared and the world was lit with divine knowledge.The ideal of the Guru's life was to deliver man-kind from the bondage of life and death by bestowing upon him the highest spiritual state. From this impassible experience of Guru Nanak emerged that unique, pure Nirmal Panth .

  According to the above state-ment Guru Nanak was the founder of Nirmal Panth. After a passage of time Guru Gobind Singh ji gave a new, organised and systematic shape to the Panth at the holy place of Paonta Sahib, District Sirmur (Himachal Pradesh) in 1686 when he showered blessings upon his five promising Sikhs, investing them with saffron robes with his own lotus hands and declared, "From today, you are my Sanyasi Nirmaley Sant (saints).

After acquiring divine knowledge you shall become great scholars to preach and spread the message of Guru (Gurmat) in the country and abroad." With such innumerable blessings, these saints were sent to Kashi (Benaras) to study the six philosophies saints. In this way, the temporal lineage emerged from these two Piaras through the medium of the five saints culminated in the form of 'Nirmal Cult'. The word 'Nirmal' means holy, pure, clean and unmixed. 'Nirmal' or 'Khalis' is the person whose mind is free from vice, desire, passion and hatred. The proofs of the maturity of this office 'Nirmal' or 'Khalis' are found in the Gurbani at innumerable places. During the difficult period of  Sikh history the Nirmaley Sant (Saints), at times, offered many sacrifices in defence of religion. Besides preaching and spreading the message of the Guru, kept the torch of the Gurmat alive through their pure and spotless conduct.

From amongst the Panj Piaras bestowed by Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji, the Nirmal Sant tradition that flowed from Piare Bhai Dharam Singh ji gave birth to one great ascetic and accomplished personality, Sriman Thakur Sant Dayal Singh ji. It is because of his saintly excellence  that Nirmal Sect acquired a subname Sampardaye Thakuran. His abode (dera) lies at Chowk Monni in Amritsar.Among the Saint disciples of Sriman Thakur Sant Dayal Singh ji was a great holy soul known as Sant Dharam Singh ji 'Samadhi Wale.' Physical, spiritual and academic growth of child Sant Buddha Singh ji took place under his care.

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Mahant Narain Singh Ji - He took charge of the Ashram in the year 1974. He was born in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab and came to the Nirmal Ashram in 1922. He was educated here and kept himself busy in recitation of God's name and guru-sewa. He had deep regard for both Sant Baba Nikka Singh ji 'Virakat' and his Gurudev Sriman Mahant Atma Singh ji and performed all the services in accordance with their wishes. He was very kind-hearted, sweet tongued, tolerant and temperamentally very calm and quiet. He had a great knowledge of Gurbani and other religious Shastras. Side by side he acquired Ayurvedic knowledge and became a good Ayurvedic physician (Vaidya). Sindhi people were very much impressed by his style of preaching and humble nature. During his sewa period (1974 to 1982) the Ashram had all round progress.Once he requested Param Pujya Sant Baba Nikka Singh ji "My body does not cooperate with me now. Please handover the charge of conducting the affairs of the Ashram to some body else." After a passage of time, Virakat Maharaj ji asked Mahant Narain Singh ji to appoint his prime disciple, Bhai Ram Singh as successor to the seat of the Nirmal Ashram. 

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