Baba Budha Ji

Baba Buddha (Gurmukhi: ਬਾਬਾ ਬੁੱਢਾ; bābā buḍhā; lit. meaning "wise old man"; 6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631 or 1571–1631) was a prime figure in early Sikhism. He is likely the origin of the bhai tradition of Sikhism and is also known as Bhai Buddha. As a contemporary of seven Sikh gurus, he personally installed four of them to the guruship. Hindu family in 1506 in the village of Kathu Nangal in Amritsar. His father's name was Sugha Randhawa and his mother was named Mai Gauran. His birth name was Bura (Gurmukhi: ਬੂੜਾ; būṛā).

As a child, while grazing cattle outside his village, he met Guru Nanak. He asked Guru Nanak many questions regarding life and death, such that, at his young age, Guru Nanak blessed him with the name Buddha, as he spoke as if he were a wise elder. He had been a follower of Guru Nanak since the Kartarpur chapter.

Buddha was consulted during the compilation of the Sikh scripture.

When Bhani (daughter of Guru Amar Das) had a jagir land grant (consisting of 500 biggas) of productive agricultural land bestowed upon her by the Mughal emperor Akbar, Baba Buddha was administrator of the land. The land became known as 'Beer Baba Buddha Ji' as a result. After a failed first attempt, Baba Buddha eventually granted her wish and blessed her. Baba Buddha provided the successive gurus of Nanak training in the martial art and was ordained by Guru Hargobind to instruct recruits into the first Sikh army, in Shastar Vidya. Sahib Ram Kaur was the 7th linear descendant of Baba Buddha. In 1850, a school operated out of her shrine in Kotnaina in Gurdaspur district with sadh, granthi, brahmin, and musician teachers.

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