Daya Singh was one of the Panj Pyare, the first five Sikhs to be initiated into the Khalsa order in 17th-century India.
Dasam Granth manuscript from Aurangabad attributed to Bhai Daya Singh
Panj Pyare refers to a gathered ad hoc quintet of five baptized (Amritdhari) Khalsa Sikhs who act as institutionalized leaders for the wider Sikh community.
Fresco depiction of Guru Gobind Singh with the inaugural quintet of Panj Pyare from an abandoned Sikh samadhi in Kot Fateh Khan, Attock, Punjab, Pakistan
Panj Pyare leading a procession in Wolverhampton, U.K.
Binod Singh, Kahan Singh, Baj Singh, Daya Singh, and Ram Singh depicted as a Panj Piare group from a gilded panel from Takht Hazur Sahib, Nanded
Mural of Guru Hargobind, with Bhai Lakhu, Bhai Tiloka, Bhai Jetha, Bhai Bidhi Chand, and Baba Buddha, from an unidentified Samadhi located near Gurdwara Bhai Than Singh at Kot Fateh Khan, Attock, Punjab