Ram Rai

Baba
Ram Rai
ਰਾਮ ਰਾਏ
Detail of Ram Rai from a mural depicting Guru Nanak and Ram Rai listening to hymns together under a tree from the Bhai Bahlo Darwaza of the Darbar of Ram Rai in Dehradun, circa pre-1688
Head of Ramraiya sect
Preceded byNone (founder)
Succeeded byAud Dass (mahant)
Personal life
Born1645 (1645)
Died1687 (aged 41–42)
Spouse
  • Raj Kaur (d. 1698)
  • Maluki (d. 1701)
  • Panjab Kaur (d. 1742)
  • Lal Kaur (d. 1698)
Parents
Other namesGuru Ram Rai
RelativesGuru Har Krishan (brother)
Religious life
ReligionSikhism
SectRamraiya
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Ram Rai (Gurmukhi: ਰਾਮ ਰਾਏ; rāma rā'ē; 1645–1687 or 1689) was the excommunicated eldest son of the seventh Sikh Guru, Guru Har Rai, and the founder of the Ramraiyas, an unorthodox and heretical sect in Sikhism, classified as a type of Udasi. He became an Udasi after being ex-communicated by his father. After his excommunication, he founded the Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib, a Darbar in Dehradun which was built in Indo-Islamic architecture style.