 Accounts of his guru and successors vary, although he gave verbal instructions on his last day as to how his followers should be cared for.According to Radha Soami Satsang Beas, his guru was Tulsi Sahib of Hathras.According to the successors Soami Bagh and Dayal Bagh, Tulsi Sahib  was a contemporary guru of the same teachings; but being a natural born Satguru, Shiv Dayal Singh himself had no guru.