Sant Singh Maskeen
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Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (1934-2005) a famous Sikh theologian, was born in 1934 at Lak Marwat in District Bannu in present Pakistan. Giani ji was the only son of his parents and had lived at Alwar in Rajasthan for the last 57 years of his life. He was honoured by the Sikh community with the rare title of Panth Ratan for his services to mankind through the message of Gurbani. Giani Sant Singh Maskeen sadly passed away on 18th February 2005 due to a massive heart attack while attending a marriage function in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Giani Sant Singh ji spread the message of the holi guru granth sahib in different countries including USA, UK, Canada, Middle East, Thailand and Singapore. His followers include many person who are not even from sikh religion.
Giani ji once promised a sikh high priest to come to Amritsar for doing katha every year during the month of Diwali and kept his words till the end of his life for almost over 25 years.
Giani Sant Singh Maskeen was infamous for exposing scams and other wrong doings in Sikh Temples, he was known to publish books detailing how many temple's would keep a majority of the donations for them selves. His works created shockwaves through Sikhism since such scams were being exposed, for this he won the admiration of many and the hatred from some.
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