Bhinder Kalan Explained

Bhinder Kalan (ਭਿੰਡਰ ਕਲਾਂ) is a village in Punjab, India located in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.^[1] Earlier its name was Bhinder, but in 1823, some people from this village settled a new village Bhinder Khurd due to the increase in population and its name was changed to Bhinder Kalan.^[2] The village was founded in the 15th century by Sardar Chanan of the Toor tribe on the advice of a sanyasi sadhu Suman.^[3] Its PIN code is 142041.^[4] The village has a higher secondary school, a girls' high school and a primary school. The village was in media headlines after the village sarpanch was accused of performing exorcism on a teenage girl that eventually led to her death.^[5] The village is also notable for the previous base of Damdami Taksal at the Gurdwara Akhand Parkash from which many Sikh preachers took their name among whom is Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bhinder Kalan, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ . wikiedit.org . 7 March 2024.
2. Book: Bhinder . Mukhtiar Singh . Anmol Lal . October 1997 . 8 . First.
3. Book: Bhinder . Mukhtiar Singh . Anmol Lal . October 1997 . 7 . First.
4. Web site: Postal Code: BHINDER KALAN, Post Bhinder SO Firozpur (Firozpur, Punjab) . PinCodeArea . 7 March 2024 . en.
5. News: Woman sarpanch in Punjab kills niece to 'rid her of evil spirits' . 7 March 2024 . The Times of India . 24 August 2012.
6. News: Sant Jarnail Singh ji Bhindrenwale . 7 March 2024 . Sikh-History . 24 March 2007 . He engaged himself in farming until 1965 when he joined the Damdami Taksal of Bhinder Kalan village, about 15 km north of Moga, then headed by Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa. Hence the epithet Bhindrenwale..
7. Book: Singh . Pashaura, Michael Hawley . Re-imagining South Asian Religions: Essays in Honour of Professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt . 2012 . Brill. 978-9004242371 . 38 .