Bhai Kanhaiya

Bhai Kanhaiya (1648–1718; also spelt as Bhai Ghanaiya[1]), known as Khat Waro Bao and Khaatwala Baba in Sindh,[2][3][4][5] born to Mata Sundari ji and father Sri Nathu Ram's home village Saudra district Sialkot now in Pakistan, was a Sikh disciple of Guru Tegh Bahadur and was requested to establish the Sewapanthi or Addanshahi order of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh.

[6] During his youth he also spent a lot of time in the company of Nanua Bairagi, who belonged to a Saini agriculture family[7][8] and was also a disciple and comrade of last three Sikh gurus.

Nanua Bairagi was a renowned poet-mystic of Punjab[9] and he left a deep imprint on Bhai Kanhaiya's spiritual and humanitarian outlook in his formative years.

[2][3][4][5] He is locally known as Khat Waro Bao or Khaatwala Baba in Sindh as he would preach whilst seated on a bed.

[2] SGPC under president Prof Kirpal Singh Badungar first time celebrated the birth anniversary of Bhai Kanhaiya ji on September 20, 2017.

Fresco depicting Bhai Khanaiya meeting Guru Gobind Singh from Sri Khat Wari Darbar, Shikarpur, Sindh
Bhai Kanhaiya on a 1998 stamp of India