BHAI SAHIB JAVALA SINGH (1872 - 1952), a renowned exponent of the SIKH devotional music, was born in 1872 at the village of Saidpur in Kapurthala district of the Punjab. His father, Bhai Deva Singh and grandfather, Parijab Singh were in their day celebrated rdgis or musicians who recited Sikh KIRTAN to the accompaniment of sarandd, a stringed instrument.Javala Singh excelled at tdus, another stringed instrument, and at harmonium. He had at his command such an abundance of traditional and classical tunes, composition of some of which was traced back to the times of the Gurus themselves, that he did not have to repeat a tune even when singing for weeks on end. He possessed a vast treasure of dhums or tunes, partdls, ntis or musical styles and traditional compositions. Bhai Javala Singh learn