Mourned by millions at his death,
Sundar Singh (1889-1929)
awaits rediscovery at the dawn of the 21st century.
Though known in his lifetime as India's
most famous convert to Christianity, that reputation is not entirely
accurate, for he never accepted its conventions but gravitated instead
to its stark original teachings.
Leaving the
wealth of his home at sixteen to live as a sadhu, or wandering holy man,
Sundar Singh's beggar-like existence, his intense bhakti (devotion),
his mystical encounters with Jesus, and his simple yet profound parables
became the stuff of legends. No one who met him - including the
thousands who flocked to hear him during his visits to Europe, the
Orient, and the United States - remained unaffected by this modern Saint Francis.
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