Nationality Mexican Spouse Guru Amrit Kaur | Name Babaji Singh | |
Born August 15, 1947Mexico City Mexico ( 1947-08-15 ) Died November 19, 2006(2006-11-19) (aged 59)Mexico Occupation Sikh preacher, Spanish translator of Guru Granth Sahib | ||
Babaji Singh Khalsa (Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾਜੀ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਲਸਾ) (August 15, 1947 – November 19, 2006) was a Mexican Sikh who is credited for translating Guru Granth Sahib, the holy text of the Sikhs into Spanish.
Life
He was born in Mexico City; raised in a Catholic family, he finished his studies in a Jesuit University in Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana. After finishing college, he left for Alaska and then United States of America. Soon, after converting to Sikhism, he returned to Mexico City, Mexico and became a Sikh preacher. He translated the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish,which took him 30 years, with help from the English translation of the scripture by Gopal Singh. The translation was presented by his widow, Guru Amrit Kaur on October 2008, in Nanded, during the Tercentenary Celebrations of the Guru Gaddi of Guru Granth Sahib.