Radha Soami Satsang Beas

Dera Baba Jaimal Singh

History

Baba Jaimal Singh ji Second Guru built a hut at the village of Bal Saran on the banks of the River BEAS Punjab, and started living there. One of his disciples donated three beeghas of land on which a colony started growing as more devotees arrived, becoming known as the Dera (tent) of Baba Jaimal Singh.

Dera in Nowadays

"The Dera" is a community with 6000 permanent residents. About 10000-15000 people visits on normal days. Various types of facilities are awaylable to residents like Banks, Schools, Grocery Stores etc. Its area is about 1000 acers in boundry of Dera. And much more beyond boundary for agriculture, Water Treatment, Warehouse etc. There are much more facilities  in dera for people who visits in dera like accommodation, eating places etc.

FOOD

Langar

At the Dera, the free kitchen operates all year, round-the-clock, the langar is capable of feeding up to 300,000 people per meal, 50,000 in a single sitting. Its staff is composed mostly of volunteer workers (sewadars). In 2007 the langar cooked over 200,000 kilos of rice and used as many kilos of wheat to prepare chapati (unleavened bread).

Snack bar (I & II)             (6:00-8:00 am and 4:00-8:00 pm)

Snack bar is a paid kitchen other than Langar. Of course the food is also different in snack bar mostly Indian food in very cheap prices.

Snack Bar I - The food is mostly south Indian like Dosa, Idlli Sāmbhar, Sāmbhar Vada ,Dahi Bhalla, Samosa, Paneer Pakora, etc.

Snack Bar II – The food consists of sweets, punjbi food like laddu, jalebi, Gulab Jamun, lassi, Bhathure Chholle, Tetra Pack Drinks, Samosa, etc.

Canteen

It is a kitchen that provides appetizers ,some snacks and beverages etc. Timings of canteen are 5:00am-11:00pm except 1 hr of Satsang

Bhojan Bhandar

It is a paid kitchen that provides main course buffet with many main course items than langar.

Accommodations

Any person of any religion or caste can go to the Dera. The sewadars of the Dera respect all, by the Master's order. The colony is visited by people from around the world and from all walks of life. Free temporary accommodation for visitors is available in hostels where separate rooms are available.

Sheds

These are unreserved living area for visitors for living. These are large covered areas shared by large number of peoples living on floors.

Sarai

These are reserved living area with fold able weaved beds for visitors for living. These are room shared by some people.

Hostels

These are reserved living area for visitors to live. Hostels contains separate rooms for every one with sanitation facilities and every hostel has its own canteen. The rooms are very limited so it is recommended to post application before 6 months before going.

The Venue or Pandal 

In order to provide a sheltered venue  for these gatherings, the Dera’s engineering department has constructed one of the largest covered structures in Asia, designed and fabricated on site using a lightweight space-frame technology. The roof covers more than 32 acres and can accommodate a crowd of 275,000. The roof is now covered with solar panels which will provide enough electricity for dera. A computerized digital audio system was specially designed for the venue to provide the best possible sound for such a challenging environment.

Hospitals

The hospitals have almost all the facilities to diagnose many of the diseases.

Branch centres of Beas

Radha Soami Satsang Beas has a Science of the Soul Research Centre in New Delhi. Its objective is to promote the betterment of humanity. The Science of the Soul Research Centre is a non-profit charitable society, and also acts as a mail-order bookseller for Radha Soami Satsang Beas.

There are also Science of the Soul Spiritual Centres worldwide (also named Science of the Soul Study Centre). Meetings and gatherings take place in nearly 90 countries.