Baba Siri Chand (1494 to 1643), the elder son of Guru Nanak and the founder of the ascetic sect of Udasis, was born to Mata Sulakhani on Bhadon sudi9, 1551 Bk/9 September 1494 at Sultanpur Lodhi, now in Kapurthala district of the Punjab. Bibi Nanaki Ji took in Siri Chand and adopted him as her own son. This type of arrangement was a quite common and accepted custom at that time. Siri Chand became a renounciate yogi and against philosphy of Baba Nanak.
After his father, Guru Nanak left Nankana Sahib, Siri Chand stayed in Dera Baba Nanak and maintained Guru Nanak's temple. Later he established the Udasi order who have noo distinct restrictions on hair; some wore it long and matted, others short. The matted hair symbolises their renunciation of worldly life. To this extent many go around naked and smear ash on their bodies, again symbolising their death to the world of family relations business and caste.
Baba Siri Chand (1494 to 1643), the elder son of Guru Nanak and the founder of the ascetic sect of Udasis, was born to Mata Sulakhani on Bhadon sudi9, 1551 Bk/9 September 1494 at Sultanpur Lodhi, now in Kapurthala district of the Punjab. Bibi Nanaki Ji took in Siri Chand and adopted him as her own son. This type of arrangement was a quite common and accepted custom at that time. Siri Chand became a renounciate yogi and against philosphy of Baba Nanak.
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