When it comes to serving your nation, soldiers never die
This is the tale of Baba Harbhajan Singh
A soldier in the Indian Army who passed away in 1986
But his ghost is believed to be still guarding his comrades at the border
Born in a village of Punjab in 1941, Harbhajan Singh enrolled himself in the Indian Army in 1956.
Singh perished in 1967 while in charge of a column of mules transporting supplies to a remote outpost. He fell and drowned in a glacier close to Nathu-La Pass.
After three days, his body was located and properly cremated. But did he really die?
During flag meetings between the two nations at Nathula, the Chinese set a chair aside to honour of Harbhajan Singh who has since come to be known as saint (“Baba”)
According to legend, his own ghost guided the search team to his own corpse.
Soon after cremation, he urged one of his friends in a dream to build a shrine in his honour.
Following this, a shrine dedicated to Singh was built.
Even today, jawans posted at the Nathu-La post firmly believe that Singh’s ghost protects them.
Soldiers even believe that his ghost warns them of any impending attack at least three days in advance.
The water from his shrine is believed to heal ailing soldiers.
His ghost is said to frequently visit the camps at night, sometimes even waking up troops who are sleeping while on duty.