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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]
Philosophically, Sikhs are bound to believe in Shabad Guru — the words written in the Guru Granth Sahib — but the general belief is that the Sikh gurus established Sikhism over the centuries, beginning in the year 1469. The hymns of six Sikh Gurus are in the Guru Granth Sahib: [5] [10]
This page is a list of noteworthy Punjabi authors, who were born or lived in the Punjab, ... Guru Nanak 15 April 1469- 22 Sept. 1539) Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)
Guru Har Krishan, Sodhi; Guru Tegh Bahadur, Sodhi; Guru Gobind Singh, Sodhi, founder of Khalsa; Bhai Daya Singh Sobti, the first of the Panj Pyare (the initial members of the Khalsa), belonged to the Sobti clan of the Khatris [2] Baba Sri Chand was the founder of the ascetic sect of Udasin and was the elder son of Guru Nanak, first Guru and ...
The Guru Granth Sahib (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, pronounced [ɡʊɾuː ɡɾənt̪ʰᵊ säː(ɦ)(ɪ)bᵊ(˦)]) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of the religion.
A Gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurdu'ārā or ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ, gurdvārā; lit. ' the doorway to the Guru ' ) is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple.
Sikh names often have the following format: First name – Religious name – Family name. [1] [2] Sikh first names serve as personal names and are selected through the Naam Karan ceremony, where a random page of the Guru Granth Sahib is opened by a granthi (Sikh preist) and the first letter of the first prayer on the opened page is used as the basis for the first name as an initial.
Jujhar Singh (Punjabi: ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦਾ ਜੁਝਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ, pronunciation: [säːɦɪbd͡ʒäːd̪ɛ d͡ʒʒjäːɝ sɪ́ŋgᵊ]; 9 April 1691 – 23 December 1704), the second son of Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Jito at Anandpur Sahib. [1] This event is now celebrated on April 9 each year according to the Nanakshahi ...