Guru Jambeshwar


Guru Jambeshwar, also known as Guru Jambhoji, was the founder of the Vishnoi sect. He taught that God is a divine power that is everywhere. He also taught to protect plants and animals as they are important in order to peacefully co-exist with nature.

Biography

Jambeshwar was born in a Rajput family of the Panwar clan in the village of Pipasar, Nagaur district in 1451. He was the only child of Lohat Panwar and Hansa Devi. For the first seven years of his life, Guru Jambeshwar was considered silent and introverted. He spent 27 years of his life as a cow herder.
Aged 34, Guru Jambeshwar founded the Vishnoi sect. His teachings were in the poetic form known as Shabadwani. He preached for the next 51 years, travelling across the country, and produced 120 Shabads, or verses, of Shabadwani. The sect was founded after wars between Muslim invaders and local Hindus. He had laid down 29 principles to be followed by the sect. Killing animals and felling trees were banned. The Khejri tree, is also considered to be sacred by the Vishnois.
Vishnoism revolves around . Of these, eight prescribe to preserve biodiversity and encourage good animal husbandry, seven provide directions for healthy social behaviour, and ten are directed towards personal hygiene and maintaining basic good health. The other four commandments provide guidelines for worshipping God daily.
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Legacy and commemoration

The Bishnoi have various temples, of which they consider the most holy to be "Mukam Mukti Dham" in the village of Mukam in Nokha tehsil, Bikaner district, Rajasthan. It is there where the most sacred Vishnoi temple is built over samadhi of Guru Jambeshwar. Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology at Hisar in the state of Haryana is named after him.