Nanak was born on 15 April 1469‚[5] now celebrated as Prakash Divas of Guru Nanak Dev‚ at Rāi Bhoi Kī Talvaṇḍī‚ now called Nankana Sahib‚ near Lahore‚ Pakistan.[6] Today‚ his birthplace is marked by Gurdwara Janam Asthan. His parents were Kalyan Chand Das Bedi‚ popularly shortened to Mehta Kalu‚[7] and Mata Tripta. His father was a patwari (accountant) for crop revenue in the village of Talwandi‚ employed by a Muslim landlord of that area‚ Rai Bular Bhatti.[8] He had one sister‚ Bibi Nanaki‚ who
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born on November 13th‚ 1469. He was born in Talwandi‚ now Nankana Sahib‚ which is near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. Back than Pakistan was a part of India. He was the founder of the Sikh religion. He taught his followers 3 major beliefs‚ to chant God’s name‚ to earn an honest living‚ and to share and consume together. He also taught his followers the concept of selfless service. He taught his followers that all men and women are created equal. I admire him as a leader because
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GURU’S SCHOOLING At the age of seven‚ Guru Nanak was sent to school‚ which was run by teacher‚ Pandit Gopal Das‚ at his village. As usual the teacher started the lesson with an alphabet but the teacher was wonder-stuck when the Guru asked him to explain the meanings of the letters of the alphabet. However at the helplessness of his teacher‚ the Guru wrote the meanings of each and every letter of the alphabet. This was the first Divine Message delivered by Guru Nanak. This was an explanation of deeper
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Guru Nanak: The founder of Sikhism Dhruv Miglani‚ Culture 8 INTRODUCTION Guru Nanak was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide on Karthik Puranmashi‚ the full moon day which falls on different dates each year in the month of October and November. As a boy‚ Guru Nanak learnt other languages besides his mother tongue (Hindi and Punjabi) - Persian and Arabic. He spent 25 years of his life travelling and preaching his ideology. Many of his hymns
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Guru Nanak is the founder and first guru of the Sikh religion. He was born in a small town outside of Lahore‚ India (now Pakistan) to a family in the merchant caste. As a young man‚ Guru Nanak married and had children. Yet he didn’t fit easily into family expectations. He seems to have only reluctantly entered the clerical profession suggested by his family‚ often feeling the call to turn inward in meditation at key points in his life. Guru Nanak’s moment of enlightenment came when‚ after singing
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SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak Dev Ji‚ first Guru of Sikhs‚ in 1469 CE. Today Sikh religion has over 20 million people across the whole world. The Sikhism – is to gloriously follow in their Sacred Footsteps is our Sikh way of Life. Sikh religion teaches the lessons of equality‚ truthful living‚ social justice‚ eliminate superstitions through its Sikh Holy Book‚ “Guru Granth Sahib Ji”. UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY OF SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji[ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦੁਰ ਜੀ]: 1621 - 1675 [Guruship:1664-1675] Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was the Ninth Guru who was born in year 1621. Guru Ji’s original name was Tyal Mal (Master of Detachment). He spent his childhood at Amritsar. In his early years he learned Gurmukhi‚ Hindi‚ Sanskrit and Indian religious philosophy from Bhai Gurdas‚ and archery and horsemanship from Baba Budha while his father Guru Hargobind Ji‚ Master of Miri and Piri taught him swordsmanship. Guru Ji was married to
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JAI GURUJI....GURUJI VACHANS.....Mere kol ilaj mangan na aaya karo. Mere kol sharda te pyaar naal aana chahida hai Mainu sab pata hai. Mangan naal tusi mahapurush nu apne level tak thalle khich lende ho te khud nastik ban jaande ho (dont come to me for cures‚ come to me with faith and love and I will cure you without you asking me to. Dont bring a mahapurush down to your level by asking him to cure you‚ by asking you become a ’nastik’). Beetle leaf is the purest; it is because of this reason that
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in Punjab Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhi script and پنجابی in Shahmukhi script)‚ which can be specified as Eastern Punjabi to distinguish it from Western Punjabi spoken in Pakistan‚ is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historicalPunjab region (north western India and in Pakistan). For Sikhs‚ the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. Even though Punjabi is the most spoken language in Pakistan‚ it has no official status. Punjabi language
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DIMINSHING PUNJABI Punjabi (Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ; Devanagari: पंजाबी; Shahmukhi: : پنجابی) Is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by 130 million native speakers worldwide‚ making it the 10th most widely spoken language in the world. It is the native language of the Punjabi people who inhabit the historical Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Punjabi emerged as an independent language in the 12th century. The Sikh religion originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region and Punjabi is the predominant
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