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'''Bhai Balu Hasna''' (13 November 1564 – 2 December 1660) was a Sikh preacher and leader of a branch of the [[Udasi]] ''[[sampradaya]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Harbans |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29703420 |title=The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism |date= |publisher=Punjabi University, Patiala |others= |year=1992–1998 |isbn=0-8364-2883-8 |volume=4 |location=Patiala |page=377 |oclc=29703420}}</ref> He was the younger brother of [[Bhai Almast]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Balu Hasna was born on November 13, 1564, in a [[Gaur Brahmin]] family of [[Srinagar]] ([[Kashmir]]) to Pandit Hardatt and Mai Prabha.<br />
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==Later life==<br />
Initially named Balu, he traveled with his elder brother Alu, also known as [[Bhai Almast]], to receive teachings from [[Guru Arjan]] in Amritsar in 1604. Balu devoted himself to serving the Guru, and later accompanied [[Guru Hargobind]] on his chases, always wearing a smile that earned him the nickname "Hasna," meaning the laughing one.<br />
At the request of [[Guru Hargobind]], Bhai Balu Hasna joined [[Baba Gurditta]], the Guru's eldest son and spiritual successor of [[Sri Chand|Baba Sri Chand]], the founder of the [[Udasi]] sect. <br />
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=== Missionary work ===<br />
Baba Gurditta assigned him the task of preaching [[Sikhism]] in the [[Pothohar Plateau|Pothohar]] region for the remainder of his life. Balu Hasna continued this mission until his death in Peshawar on December 2, 1660.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Bhai Lal Das Daryai and Bhai Jado Rai, both Punjabi poets and disciples of Bhai Balu Hasna, carried on his work in western and southern Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Sindh. According to sources, Bhai Lal Das accompanied Guru Gobind Singh to the South, received khalsa baptism, and was renamed Prahilad Singh, writer of one of the Sikh codes of conduct, the [[Rehat|''rahit-nama'']], is attributed to Balu Hasna.<br />
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Udho Das, another of Bhai Balu Hasna's followers, served Mata Panjab Kaur, the widow of [[Baba Ram Rai]] at [[Dehradun|Dehra Dun]] after her death in April 1741, and succeeded her, constructing a [[Samadhi (shrine)|Samadhi]] or [[Mausoleum]] honoring Bhai Balu Hasna at Dehra Dun.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Bhupender |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZOjEAAAQBAJ&dq=Balu+Hasna&pg=PA119 |title=BABA NANAK SHAH FAKIR |date=2022-12-23 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |isbn=978-93-5704-660-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dilagīra |first=Harajindara Siṅgha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Balu+Hasna |title=The Sikh Reference Book |date=1997 |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bhai Almast]]<br />
* [[Udasi]]<br />
* [[Sikhism]]<br />
* [[Bhatra Sikhs]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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