Bhat Vahis (or Bhat Banis) were scrolls or records maintained by Bhats. [1][2] The majority of Bhat Sikhs originates from Kurukshetra and migrated to Kapurthala Punjab were amongst the first followers of Guru Nanak.The majority were from the Gaur Brahmins which eventually mentioned by Bhats in Bhat Vahi Multani Sindhi and same thing mentioned by Giani Gurdit Singh in Bhatt Te Uhnah Di Rachna.[1][3] The Bhats also contributed 123 compositions in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (pp.1389–1409), known as the "Bhata de Savaiyye". There hereditary occupations consisted of bards, poets, missionaries, astrologists, genealogists, salesmen. [4]
^ abDilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha (1997). The Sikh Reference Book. Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark. ISBN978-0-9695964-2-4. The Bhatts were the bards who used to recite poetry praising the glory of the rulers, the warriors and the holy men. Bhatts, who were associated with the Sikh Panth belonged to Kaushish-Gaur Brahmin family. Most of them belonged to Sultanpur (district Kapurthala). Several families of the Bhatts still live in the villages Bhadson (Ladva), Karsindhu (Safidon), Talaunda (Jind) and several other villages of Haryana. There were several Bhatt devotees of Guru Sahib. Some of them composed their verses in praise of the missionary contribution of Guru Sahib. The following 11 Bhatts are represented in Guru Granth Sahib (pp. 1385-1409): Bhikha, Kalh, Jaalap, Kirat (martyr), Mathura (martyr), Salh, Bhalh, Balh, Haribans, Nalh, Gayand. The Bhatt Baani celebrates the contribution of the first Five Naanaks. The Bhatts present all the Guru Sahib as one light and when one Guru installs his successor, he also merges his light in him (the successor). to quote Bhatt Kalh, "From Guru Nanak Sahib (the light merged into) Guru Angad Sahib and from Guru Angad Sahib to Guru Amar Das Sahib and then Guru Ram Das Sahib and then Guru Arjan Sahib (p. 1407)." This Sikh concept has also been depicted by Shaheed Bhai Kirat Bhatt who says that Guru Angad Sahib was ever a part of Guru Nanak Sahib (p. 1406) and Shaheed Bhai Mathura Bhatt in his first Swayya (p. 1408).
^Singh, Jagraj (2009). "The Bhatts of the Punjab". A complete guide to Sikhism. Chandigarh, India: Unistar Books. pp. 245–46. ISBN978-81-7142-754-3. OCLC319683249. The Bhatts are Brahmins, who sang praises of their patrons (Jajmans) and maintained the registers called Vahees, mentioning accounts of various happenings in different parts of the Punjab including birth and death records of their Jajmans, since ancient times. There are two major subdivisions of Brahmins namely Gaur and Sarsut (Saraswat) Brahmins. The Gaur Brahmins lived on the banks of the river Ganges on the eastern side of the Saraswati River (now Ghagar) in the Ganga-Jamna divide, while the Sarsut Brahmins lived on the western side of the Saraswati river in the Punjab. The Bhatts are a sub-sect of the Sarsut Brahmins. In the pre-modem times they inhabited numerous villages in the Punjab along the banks of Saraswati River in and around Pehowa, in Karnal district. Some of the Bhatts came to Guru's Darbar during the pontificate of Guru Arjan Dev soon after the demise of Guru Ram Dass and their hymns are found recorded in Guru Granth Sahib, under the heading, "Bhattan Dey Sawayye". A Bhatt Vahee related with the events in the ...
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