Satguru Jagjit Singh

Sri Jagjit Singh (son of Partap Singh Ji) is the religious head of millions of Namdharis all over the world, including India. He represents the revolutionary ideals advocated by Sri Satguru Ram Singh Ji,the pioneer of the Namdhari movement.
Jagjit Singh did not restrict his teachings to his followers alone but imparted his knowledge of music to others too speaks volumes for his dedication and zeal. Once again, led by his farsightedness, he consciously decided to revive many dying musical instruments of Punjab. As a result of his efforts rabab, dilruba, saranda, sarangi, santoor and sitar have been popularised by his disciples. Hundred of children in the age in the different age groups are today learning to play these instruments and are also being trained in classical vocal.
Jagjit Singh’s name, as a renowned musician, would also be remembered for having evolved new maatras like paune aath (seven and three-fourths), paune pandhran (fourteen and three-fourths), sava chaudhan (fourteen and one-fourth), saade staran (seventeen and a half) and teran sahi satt bata aath (thirteen and seven-eights).
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