ĀKAL, BHĀĪ, a carpenter resident of Vaḍḍā Ghar in present-day Farīdkoṭ district of the Punjab and, according to Gurbilās Chhevīṅ Pātshāhī, maternal grandfather of the celebrated Bhāī Rūp Chand, became a devotee of Gurū Rām Dās. He also served Gurū Arjan and Gurū Hargobind. He was a man of devotion and piety.