Shiv Dayal Singh

Shiv Dayal Singh
Personal
Born25 August 1818
Panni Gali, Agra, Ceded Provinces, British India
Died15 June 1878(1878-06-15) (aged 59)
Panni Gali, Agra, North-Western Provinces, British India
ReligionRadha Soami, Sant Mat
SpouseNaraini Devi
ChildrenNone
SectSant Tradition of North India
Other namesParam Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj (honorific used by devotees)
ProfessionFounder and first spiritual leader of Radha Soami sect
Senior posting
Period in office1861-1878
SuccessorJaimal Singh,
Rai Saligram,
Grib Dass
ProfessionFounder and first spiritual leader of Radha Soami sect

Shiv Dayal Singh (25 August 1818 – 15 June 1878), known by the honorific "Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj" by his disciples and devotees, was an Indian spiritual guru and founder of Radha Soami, a 19th-century spiritual sect.[1]

  1. ^ Mark Juergensmeyer (1991). Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith. Princeton University Press. pp. 15–19, 38–42 with footnotes. ISBN 0-691-01092-7.