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| name = Babaji Singh Khalsa
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| occupation = [[Sikh]] preacher, Spanish translator of [[Guru Granth Sahib]]
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'''Babaji Singh Khalsa''' ({{lang-pa|ਬਾਬਾਜੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ}}) (August 15, 1947 – November 19, 2006) was a [[Mexico|Mexican]]<ref>{{cite web|author=World Yoga Council |url=http://www.worldyogacouncil.net/members.html |title=+title+ |publisher=Worldyogacouncil.net |accessdate=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124012526/http://www.worldyogacouncil.net/members.html |archivedate=November 24, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> [[Sikh]] who is credited for translating [[Guru Granth Sahib]], the holy text of the [[Sikhs]] into Spanish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldsikhnews.com/29%20October%202008/Guru%20Granth%20Sahib%20now%20in%20Spanish.htm |title=WSN-Tercentenary of Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib-Guru Granth Sahib now in Spanish |publisher=Worldsikhnews.com |date=October 29, 2008 |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref>
<ref>http://www.sangatsansar.com/writereaddata/mainlinkfile/27.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3ho.org/enewsletter/e-news.07.08.09.a.html |title=3HO Foundation eNewsletter |publisher=3ho.org |accessdate=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323084127/http://www.3ho.org/enewsletter/e-news.07.08.09.a.html |archivedate=March 23, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>

==Life==
He was born in [[Mexico City]]; raised in a Catholic family, he finished his studies in a Jesuit University in Mexico, [[Universidad Iberoamericana]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sikh Dharma International |url=http://www.sikhdharma.org/pages/spanish-translation-siri-guru-granth-sahib-and-gifted-sikh-jathedars |title=Spanish Translation of Siri Guru Granth Sahib gifted to Sikh Jathedars in Nanded | Sikh Dharma International |publisher=Sikhdharma.org |accessdate=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330100752/http://www.sikhdharma.org/pages/spanish-translation-siri-guru-granth-sahib-and-gifted-sikh-jathedars |archivedate=March 30, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> 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.<ref name="sikhnet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sree-guru-granth-sahib-spanish |title=Siri Guru Granth Sahib in Spanish |publisher=SikhNet |date=October 27, 2008 |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsks.co.in/sggs_gopal_singh.htm |title=Guru Granth Sahib English Translation by Dr. Gopal Singh |publisher=Jsks.co.in |accessdate=November 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026035447/http://www.jsks.co.in/sggs_gopal_singh.htm |archivedate=October 26, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1JuIQSvtLAIC&q=Sri+Guru+Granth+Sahib,+Vol.+1++By+Gopal+Singh |title=Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Vol. 1 – Gopal Singh – Google Books |year=2005 |isbn=9788177643053 |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref> The translation was presented by his widow, Guru Amrit Kaur<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiritvoyage.com/artists/Guru-Amrit-Kaur.aspx |title=Guru Amrit Kaur at Spirit Voyage |publisher=Spiritvoyage.com |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satnam.de/mantras-from-the-soul-guru-amrit-kaur-CD-p-3943.en.html |title=Mantras from the Soul – Chants from the Soul – Guru Amrit Kaur CD |publisher=Satnam.de |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref> on October 2008, in [[Nanded]], during the Tercentenary Celebrations of the Guru Gaddi of [[Guru Granth Sahib]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081027/main8.htm |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Main News |work=The Tribune |location=India |accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.popularsikh.com/node/75335 |title= 75335 |access-date=September 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424062930/http://www.popularsikh.com/node/75335 |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sikhism]]
* [[Guru Granth Sahib]]
* [[Yogi Bhajan]]
* Spanish language

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