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Bhai Dooj (भाई दूज)
Bhai Dooj, also called Bhai Phonta or Bhai Tika, is a Hindu festival two days after Diwali on which sisters apply a tilak to their brothers' foreheads and feed them.
Bhai Gurdas
Bhai Gurdas (ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ) was a Sikh poet, theologian, and scribe, c. 1550 to 1636, who served the Gurus, wrote down the Adi Granth under Guru Arjan, and composed the semicanonical Vars.
Bhai Himmat Singh
Bhai Himmat Singh (ਭਾਈ ਹਿੰਮਤ ਸਿੰਘ, 1661–1705), born Himmat Rai, was one of the Panj Pyare initiated into the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699.
Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (ਭਾਈ ਕਾਨ੍ਹ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਾਭਾ, 1861–1938) was a Sikh scholar and encyclopedist who served the princely state of Nabha and compiled the Mahan Kosh.
Bhai Maharaj Singh
Bhai Maharaj Singh (ਭਾਈ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ), born Nihal Singh, was a Sikh leader who resisted British rule in Punjab and died in exile in Singapore in 1856.
Bhai Mani Singh
Bhai Mani Singh (ਭਾਈ ਮਾਨੀ ਸਿੰਘ) was a Sikh scholar, scribe, and martyr who wrote the revised Guru Granth Sahib and was executed at Lahore in 1738.
Bhai Mardana
Bhai Mardana (ਭਾਈ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ) was a Muslim rabab player and lifelong companion of Guru Nanak, born in 1459 at Nankana Sahib and traveling with him on four udasis.
Bhai Mati Das
Bhai Mati Das (ਭਾਈ ਮਤੀ ਦਾਸ) was the diwan of Guru Tegh Bahadur, executed at Chandni Chowk, Delhi, in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam.
Bhai Mohan Singh
Bhai Mohan Singh (1917–2006) was an Indian pharmaceutical industrialist who built Ranbaxy Laboratories into one of India's largest drug companies and led it for over four decades.
Bhai Mohkam Singh
Bhai Mohkam Singh (ਭਾਈ ਮੋਹਕਮ ਸਿੰਘ), born Mohkam Chand, was one of the Panj Pyare, the five Sikhs initiated into the Khalsa by Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur in 1699.
Bhai Nand Lal
Bhai Nand Lal (ਭਾਈ ਨੰਦ ਲਾਲ, c. 1633–1713), who wrote as Goya, was a Persian-language poet and Mughal administrator who became a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh.
Bhai Santokh Singh
Bhai Santokh Singh (ਭਾਈ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਸਿੰਘ), born 1787, was a Sikh poet and historian who wrote in Braj Bhasha, best known for the Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth.
Bhai Sati Das
Bhai Sati Das (ਭਾਈ ਸਤੀ ਦਾਸ) was a Sikh martyr and Persian scholar who served Guru Tegh Bahadur and was executed at Delhi in 1675 on Emperor Aurangzeb's orders.
Bhai Taru Singh
Bhai Taru Singh (ਭਾਈ ਤਾਰੂ ਸਿੰਘ) was a Sandhu Jat Sikh farmer and martyr, executed at Lahore in 1745 for supplying food to Sikhs hiding from Mughal authorities.
Bhai Vir Singh
Bhai Vir Singh (ਭਾਈ ਵੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ; 1872–1957) was an Indian Sikh writer and publisher in Amritsar who led the Singh Sabha movement and is honored as the father of modern Punjabi literature.
Bhaiaji Superhit (भैयाजी सुपरहिट)
Bhaiaji Superhit (भैयाजी सुपरहिट), aka Bhaiaji Superhittt or Brother Superhit!, is a 2018 Hindi action comedy directed by Neeraj Pathak, starring Sunny Deol in a double role with Preity Zinta; released 23 November 2018, it flopped with about ₹6.25 crore India gross.
Bhaichung Bhutia
Bhaichung Bhutia, nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper, is an Indian former center-forward who captained India and in 1999 became the first sub-continental player signed by a European club.
Bhaimon Da
Bhaimon Da (ভাইমন দা) is a 2025 Assamese biographical drama, the first commercial biopic of filmmaker Munin Barua, directed and written by Sasanka Samir, produced by Shyamantak Gautam under Zeal Creations, released 23 May 2025, starring Bondip Sarma and Yasashree Bhuyan with music by Zubeen Garg.
Bhairathi Ranagal (ಭೈರಥಿ ರಣಗಲ್)
Bhairathi Ranagal is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language action drama written and directed by Narthan, starring Shivarajkumar, Rukmini Vasanth, and Rahul Bose, and a prequel to the 2017 film Mufti.
Bhairav Aryal
Bhairav Aryal (भैरव अर्याल, roughly 1936–1976) was a Nepali satirical essayist and journalist whose collection Jaya Bhundi made the humorous-satirical essay a major genre of Nepali literature.
Bhairava (भैरव)
Bhairava, also known as Kalabhairava or Kal Bhairava, is a fierce manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva, venerated in Shaivism and Tantric Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
Bhairava Dweepam (భైరవ ద్వీపం)
Bhairava Dweepam (భైరవ ద్వీపం) is a 1994 Telugu high-fantasy film by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and Roja, a 100-day hit that won nine Nandi Awards.
Bhairavam (భైరవం)
Bhairavam (భైరవం) is a 2025 Telugu action drama, the official remake of the Tamil film Garudan, directed by Vijay Kanakamedala, starring Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas, Nara Rohith, and Manchu Manoj as friends torn apart over temple land; released May 30, 2025.
Bhairavi (भैरवी)
Bhairavi (भैरवी), "the terrible goddess," is a Hindu Mahavidya goddess, consort of the fierce Shiva form Bhairava, worshipped in fierce Kali-like and benign Parvati-like forms, honored at Bhairavi Jayanti on Margashirsha Purnima.
Bhairogarh Mound
Bhairogarh Mound (भैरोगढ़), Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh: a centrally protected ASI Ancient Mound, main site of ancient Ujjain with 3rd-2nd century BC remains, near Vaishya Tekri and Kumhar Tekri.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (भैरों सिंह शेखावत)
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (भैरों सिंह शेखावत, 1923–2010), 11th Vice-President of India (2002–2007) and three-time Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1977, also Leader of the Opposition and long-serving MLA.
Bhaisajyaratnavali
Bhaisajyaratnavali (Bhaishajya Ratnavali), an 18th-century Sanskrit Ayurvedic formulary by Kaviraj Govindadasa (Govinda Das Sen), compiling herbal and herbo-mineral formulations from Chakradutta, Charaka Samhita, and other classics; a principal practitioner reference.
Bhaiyya Ji (भैय्या जी)
Bhaiyya Ji (भैय्या जी) is a 2024 Hindi action drama directed by Apoorv Singh Karki, Manoj Bajpayee's 100th film, about a retired crime lord avenging his stepbrother's murder; it flopped, earning ₹11.52 crore worldwide.
Bhajan (भजन)
Bhajan (भजन), also called Namasankeetanam, is a Hindu devotional song of personal communion with the divine, led by a soloist with a responding chorus and accompanied by drums and cymbals.
Bhajan Lal Jatav
Bhajan Lal Jatav, born in 1968 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, is an Indian National Congress politician who served as a Rajasthan minister and has represented Karauli-Dholpur in the Lok Sabha since 2024.