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'''Bhakti''' was a [[sadhu]], a wandering [[Hinduism|Hindu]] holy man who lived in the [[Punjab]] during the [[Partition of India]]. He felt that young people in the [[1940s]] were always in a rush, and saw no need for transport when his [[feet]] had served him well all his life. | '''Bhakti''' was a [[sadhu]], a wandering [[Hinduism|Hindu]] holy man who lived in the [[Punjab]] during the [[Partition of India]]. He felt that young people in the [[1940s]] were always in a rush, and saw no need for transport when his [[feet]] had served him well all his life. | ||
In [[August]] [[1947]] he was to officiate the marriage of [[Umbreen]] and [[Prem]], but was murdered by Prem's brother [[Manish]], who did not approve of his Hindu brother marrying a [[Muslim]] woman. | In [[August]] [[1947]] he was to officiate the [[marriage]] of [[Umbreen]] and [[Prem]], but was murdered by Prem's brother [[Manish]], who did not approve of his Hindu brother marrying a [[Muslim]] woman. | ||
Two [[Thijarian]]s, [[Almak]] and [[Kisar]], watched over Bhakti as he died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'') | Two [[Thijarian]]s, [[Almak]] and [[Kisar]], watched over Bhakti as he died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'') | ||
Revision as of 02:43, 18 November 2018
Bhakti was a sadhu, a wandering Hindu holy man who lived in the Punjab during the Partition of India. He felt that young people in the 1940s were always in a rush, and saw no need for transport when his feet had served him well all his life.
In August 1947 he was to officiate the marriage of Umbreen and Prem, but was murdered by Prem's brother Manish, who did not approve of his Hindu brother marrying a Muslim woman.
Two Thijarians, Almak and Kisar, watched over Bhakti as he died. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)
