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Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: [gʊɾuː naːnəkᵊ], pronunciation ⓘ), also known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nānak'), [12] was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Katak Pooranmashi ('full-moon ...
Gurus of the Sikhs. Fresco from Dera Nirmala, Tanda-Hoshiarpur. The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. [ 2 ] The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder ...
Sikh architecture is a style of architecture that was developed under the Sikh Confederacy and Sikh Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Punjab region. Due to its progressive style, it is constantly evolving into many newly developing branches with new contemporary styles.
Gurdwara Janam Asthan is believed to be located at the site where Guru Nanak was born to Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta. [7] The gurdwara forms part of an ensemble of nine important gurdwaras in Nankana Sahib. [8] The shrine is frequently visited by Sikh yatris as part of a pilgrimage route in Pakistan.
t. e. Guru Nanak founded the Sikh religion in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the 15th century and opposed many traditional practices like fasting, Upanayana, idolatry, caste system, ascetism, azan, economic materialism, and gender discrimination. [1] Guru Gobind Singh, tenth of the ten Sikh Gurus, founded ...
Nankana Sahib is among the most important religious sites for the Sikh religion. [2][3] It is located about 91 km (57 mi) west of Lahore and about 75 km (47 mi) east of Faisalabad. [4] According to the census of 2017 the city has a population of 110,135 inhabitants. [5] Until 2005, it was a part of the Sheikhupura District.
Gurdwara Panja Sahib (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਪੰਜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ (Gurmukhi), گردوارا پنجا صاحب (Shahmukhi); Urdu: گردوارہ پنجہ صاحب) is a famous gurdwara located in Hasan Abdal, Pakistan. The shrine is considered to be particularly important as the handprint of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak ...
Guru Hargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː ɦəɾᵊgoːbɪn̯d̯ᵊ] l 19 June 1595 – 28 February 1644) was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir.