Ashok Sharma
Name of the book: Duggar Ke Sant – Ek Parichay
Name of the Author : Shiv Nirmohi
Name of the publisher: Akshay Prakashan, Ansari Road, New Delhi
Year of publishing: 2022
‘Duggar Ke Sant- Ek Parichay’ by Prof. Shiv Nirmohi Padma Shri awardee is, perhaps, the first book of its type ever written on the saints of Duggar. Saints play an important role in the promotion of culture and spiritualism in every country and region.They lead the society to the noble path for living a fuller life and their role in preservation, promotion and dissemination of culture need not be over emphasised.
Dogra culture, is in fact, a sub type of Vedic Culture.This book highlights,in simple language, the contribution of those saints, seers, scholars, sages, thinkers, rishis etc who have guided the masses to the path of spiritualism and pious life. The book has been divided into seven chapters on the basis of the thought of the saints, expounded by their discourses.The first chapter of the book deals with 24 great saints who endeavoured hard to bring the primitive and uncivilised forest dwellers into the fold of Vedic Culture.Saint Rishi Pal and Rishi Apt Swami belong to this category. Some saints described in this chapter waged wars against the foreign oppressors for safeguarding their religion.The saints such as Mahatama Tulsi Giri and Banda Bairagi belong to this category.This chapter also gives the account of saints such as Acharaya Uttam,Swami Brahmrishi Vishwatma Bawra, Swami Vishwatma Sarswati, Sant Chandraswami, Dr. K. Krishna etc who opened educational and medical institutions in this region to provide quality education and advanced medicare to the people across Duggar.
The second chapter describes, in detail, the contribution of 33 Vaishnav saints who led the people to worship Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. The third chapter has account of 31 saints who promoted Shavism, Vedanta and Naga cult in Duggar. The fourth chapter is dedicated to 13 saints including Mahatama Surya Narayan, who promoted Shakti Puja in Duggar. The fifth chapter deals with 19 saints of Nath cult which still has influence on Duggar society. The prominent saints included in this chapter are Yogi Roop Nath, Yogi Virpa Nath,Yogi Garib Dass etc who are still revered across Duggar. The sixth chapter deals exclusively with the 15 Sikh saints including Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Guru Gobind Singh Ji who travelled across Duggar and delivered sermons. The last chapter is divided into two parts- the first part describes 21 local saints while the second part gives a brief introduction of 26 saints.The book having 290 pages is written in simple, lucid and readable style.It is moderately priced at Rs 350.00 only.This book ought to be purchased for school, colleges and university libraries.It is also highly useful for research scholars who are interested in studying various aspects of Dogra culture.
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