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Harkishan Das
Family priest of Maharaja Duleep Singh

A purohit or family priest of Maharaja Duleep Singh, who in 1883 went on a visit to the Maharaja in England and stayed there as his guest for nearly two years.

When he returned to India in 1885, he brought with him offerings from the Maharaja for the Golden Temple at Amritsar and for the samdah of Maharaja RanjIt Singh at Lahore and that of Sardar Mahan Singh (Duleep Singh's grandfather) at Gujranwala.

Accordingly, twenty-one basinfuls of karah prasad were distributed daily between 20 and 22 August 1885 among devotees at the Golden Temple, Akal Bunga and other gurdwaras on behalf of the Maharaja. Harkishan Das was among those who received in 1886 a wire from Maharaja Duleep Singh informing him of his proposed visit to India which however never materialized.

Source: Encyclopaedia of Sikhism, Harbans Singh