 Bhai Dayala was known to be one of the Gurus most dearest and closest companions.Bhai Dayala was the chief of the "sangat" (holy congregation) at Patna Sahib and enlisted incharge of all the masands in the east, and when the Guru's sun Gobind Rai (Gobind Singh) was born it was him who sent Guru Tegh Bahadur a letter, who was at Dacca, informing him of his son's birth.Bhai Dayala helped take care of the Guru's son with the help of Bhai Kirpal and was with the Guru at Lakhnaur where the Guru was with his family and son Gobind Rai when they came from Patna and headed to Baba Bakala around 1672.