The life of Sant Kirpal Singh

Kirpal Singh was born on 6 February 1894 in Sayyad Kasran in Punjab, a village now in Pakistan. The source chronology identifies his parents and records his education in Peshawar. This page limits itself to claims supported by the named source set.

He entered government service and eventually worked in military accounts. A biographical introduction published with his teachings records that he retired on his pension in 1947.

In 1924 Kirpal Singh began studying under Baba Sawan Singh. The detailed chronology identifies 9 February, the Basant Panchmi date that year, while the KMEC brief uses the appropriately broader statement that the relationship began in 1924.

Baba Sawan Singh died on 2 April 1948. The chronology says Kirpal Singh then spent several months in seclusion near Hardwar and Rishikesh before beginning a public satsang mission in Delhi.

The chronology dates the establishment of Ruhani Satsang to 1950 and the first construction at Sawan Ashram to 1951. Ruhani Satsang became the platform associated with his teaching work in the Sant Mat and Surat Shabd Yoga tradition.

The source libraries catalog books and booklets on meditation, prayer, ethical living, yoga traditions, Naam or Word, and the lives of earlier teachers. This site records titles separately from editions because pagination, editorial history, and reuse terms can differ.

Sant Kirpal Singh made three major world tours: in 1955, in 1963–64, and in 1972–73. The external audio archive organizes many surviving English recordings by these tours and supplies dates and places for some talks.

He served multiple terms as president of the World Fellowship of Religions. In February 1974 he sponsored and presided over the World Conference on Unity of Man in New Delhi, an event framed around shared humanity across religious and social differences.

The source chronology documents the conference in February, later public addresses, and his death in New Delhi on 21 August 1974. He was eighty years old.

His published books, recorded voice, films, and photographs are distributed among several organizations and private collections. KMEC's role here is to provide a careful source map, not to imply ownership or official archival status.