Babaji Singh Khalsa | |
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Native name | (
Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾਜੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ) |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | August 15, 1947
Died | November 19, 2006 Mexico | (aged 59)
Occupation | Sikh preacher, Spanish translator of Guru Granth Sahib |
Spouse | Guru Amrit Kaur |
Babaji Singh Khalsa ( Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾਜੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ) (August 15, 1947 – November 19, 2006) was a Mexican [1] Sikh who is credited for translating Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs into Spanish. [2] [3]
He was born in Mexico City; raised in a Catholic family, he finished his studies in a Jesuit University in Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana. [4] After finishing college, he left for Alaska and then United States of America. Soon, after converting to Sikhism, he returned to Mexico City, Mexico and became a Sikh preacher. [5]
He translated the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish, which took him 30 years, with help from the English translation of the scripture by Gopal Singh. [6] [7] The translation was presented by his widow, Guru Amrit Kaur [8] [9] in October 2008, in Nanded, during the Tercentenary Celebrations of the Guru Gaddi of Guru Granth Sahib. [10] [11]
Babaji Singh Khalsa | |
---|---|
Native name | (
Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾਜੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ) |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | August 15, 1947
Died | November 19, 2006 Mexico | (aged 59)
Occupation | Sikh preacher, Spanish translator of Guru Granth Sahib |
Spouse | Guru Amrit Kaur |
Babaji Singh Khalsa ( Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾਜੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ) (August 15, 1947 – November 19, 2006) was a Mexican [1] Sikh who is credited for translating Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs into Spanish. [2] [3]
He was born in Mexico City; raised in a Catholic family, he finished his studies in a Jesuit University in Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana. [4] After finishing college, he left for Alaska and then United States of America. Soon, after converting to Sikhism, he returned to Mexico City, Mexico and became a Sikh preacher. [5]
He translated the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish, which took him 30 years, with help from the English translation of the scripture by Gopal Singh. [6] [7] The translation was presented by his widow, Guru Amrit Kaur [8] [9] in October 2008, in Nanded, during the Tercentenary Celebrations of the Guru Gaddi of Guru Granth Sahib. [10] [11]