15 – SINGH SAHIB PANTH PATSHAH JATHEDAR BABA JOGINDER SINGH 96 KRORI (PRESENT JATHEDAR)

Baba Ji was born in the Boparai Kalan village of the Ludhiana district. This region of western Ludhiana has been heavily influenced by Sikhi since the times of the travels of 6ve Patshah Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji Maharaj and 10ve Patshah Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji Maharaj.

Nihang Dals, Damdami Taksal, and the Nanaksar Kaleran sect along with other groups have had a great impact in this area. The village of Raqba for instant had been visited by Guru Hargobind Sahib and the specific spot where they had rested had a Gurdwara build on top it. This Gurdwara since has been run Budha Dal to maintain the history.^[2]

Due to the rich history and the close proximity of the village and Gurdwara, Baba Ji would often stay at the gurdwara and do seva for hours while also learning Bani through santhya by the Singhs doing maintenance. This would lead to the enrolling of Baba Ji into the Budha Dal and the ceremony of Amrit Sanchar.

For most of their life, Baba Ji has been at Gurdwara Damdama Sahib (Raqba) handling the maintenance and doing seva for the sangat rather than being fully Chakarvarti. They do travel from village to village doing parchar and to other Indian states. In their life, they have travelled to the UK occasionally for parchar.