Gurudev Nidar Singh Nihang follows the Old Nihang sect and is keen to protect ancient arts, martial arts, documents and pictures related to Sikhism. Nidar Singh Nihang is the only teacher & last surviving master of Shastar vidiya and the ninth teacher of the Shastar Vidya Akhara – a martial arts school originally founded in 1661. His teachings include the idea that at the core of Shastar Vidya is meditation on the infinite and to see God/the infinite in all things.