“Bhai Sain Ditta was a ‘Hazoori Rababi’. His time for ‘Chaunki’ (music time) was from three till five in the afternoon. His co-singer was his very talented son Bhai Desa and on the tabla was Bhai Santa. I was eleven years old and had just arrived from Calcutta. I had heard that Bhai Lal and Bhai Moti were previously Hazoori Raagis. Bhai Moti had passed away and Bhai Lal was amongst the famous Raagis, which I had the privilege to listen to at ‘Durgeana Raag Darbar’ during Holi. But now he had stopped doing Kirtan.

While he was crossing the bridge, the Sangat requested Bhai Sain Ditta to perform Kirtan. Bhai Sain Ditta never used to sing any songs, which were not from Gurbani. Although being a Muslim, he was a devout follower of Sikhism. I do not remember the ‘Shabad’ nor I had the knowledge of classical music at the time, but this I saw with my own eyes. Elders say that it was Raag Malhaar which Bhai Sain Ditta rendered. It could have also been ‘Megh Malhaar’. There was not a cloud to be seen in the sky on his commencement, but slowly clouds started gathering from the side of ‘Baba Atal’. The ‘Chaunki’ was for two hours and after one and half hours it started to drizzle and at the end of ‘Chaunki’, it was raining in torrents.

When the Sangat complimented and started to thank Bhai Sain Ditta, he only said that, ‘Satguru has saved his honour’.

Yours, Sujan Singh.

P.S. It was a holiday and Bhai Sain Ditta’s ‘Chaunki’ was crowded with people. I was standing behind his ‘Jatha’ when all the above took place. As the rain showers kept falling, the Sangat kept on showering Bhai Sahib with money. At that time, it was allowed to present the Raagis with money at Darbar Sahib.

HMV P785 (kirtansewa.net)

ਘੋਲਿ ਘੁਮਾਈ ਲਾਲਨਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਦੀਨਾ ॥ - Bhai Sain Ditta Rababi (Hazoori Raagi)

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ਘੋਲਿ ਘੁਮਾਈ ਲਾਲਨਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਦੀਨਾ ॥ - Bhai Sain Ditta Rababi (Hazoori Raagi)

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