Gurinder Singh

Gurinder Singh

Baba Gurinder Singh Ji Dhillon became the successor to Maharaj Charan Singh at the age of 36 years on June 1, 1990. He is the second youngest person to be appointed to head the Radha Soami Satsang Beas headquarters, (Huzur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji was 35 yrs old at the time of appointment, and Baba Jaimal Singh Ji was 38 yrs old).

Gurinder Singh Dhillon was born to a Sikh family of the Dhillon clan who were followers of the Radha Soami gurus at Beas. His family is from a traditional agricultural community of Punjab, India. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, in the Simla Hills of Himachal Pradesh, considered one of the top schools in India, and obtained his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He began his career in the hotel industry and later worked for DCM in the yarn division. He was in Spain working as a salesman before he came back to India to accept his nomination as the next spiritual head of RSSB in 1990. He lives off his own income and in keeping with the policy for all volunteers (sevadars), he does not receive any money or honorarium from the Society. As with his predecessors, he has dedicated his life to serving the Society and guiding its members on the spiritual path.

The headquarters of the society, called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, are located beside the river Beas near the town of Beas, Punjab, in northern India, and have been a centre for satsang since 1891. Radha Soami Satsang Beas or (RSSB), has centres located worldwide. It is a registered non-profit, charitable society, independent of any political or commercial affiliations.