Complex sentence: He was born in the village of Lona Chamari which is situated about 20 miles from the city of Amritsar in Punjab to a prosperous Punjabi Brahmin family; his father, a pious Brahmin priest, was an expert at the performance of religious rites and rituals.
Split into simpler sentences: He was born in the village of Lona Chamari, which is situated about 20 miles from the city of Amritsar in Punjab, to a prosperous Punjabi Brahmin family. His father, a pious Brahmin priest, was an expert at the performance of religious rites and rituals.