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According to eyewitness Sikh chronicles, known as Bhatt Vahis, Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [24] Gurbilas Patashahi 6 written 1718 [25] attributed to Bhai Mani Singh says Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [19] Meham Parkash written in 1776 also says Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [19]
Life of Guru Nanak Through Pictures is a book by Shamsher Singh and Narendra Singh Virdi containing a collection of forty-four janamsakhis relating events in the life of Guru Nanak. Each janamasakhi is illustrated with a full-color painting by the Punjabi artist Phulan Rani .
The Birth of Guru Nanak, by the artist Sardul Singh in 1910. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born on Puranmashi of Kattak in 1469, according to the Vikram Samvat calendar [12] in Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present Shekhupura District of Pakistan, now Nankana Sahib. [13] It is a Gazetted holiday in India. [14]
The Guru Granth Sahib was composed predominantly by six Sikh gurus: Guru Nanak, Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan and Guru Tegh Bahadur. It also contains the traditions and teachings of fourteen Hindu Bhakti movement sants (saints), such as Ramananda, Kabir and Namdev among others, and one Muslim Sufi saint: Sheikh Farid. [10 ...
Baba Buddha provided the successive gurus of Nanak training in the martial art and was ordained by Guru Hargobind to instruct recruits into the first Sikh army, in Shastar Vidya. [ 10 ] On May 30, 1606, after the martyrdom of Guru Arjan, Guru Hargobind ordered the construction of the Akal Takht and entrusted the responsibility of its ...
The images illustrate the storyline. They also contain cultural, dress, ritual body art and social information about Sikh society, artists, writers and trends in 18th and 19th century Punjab region (India and Pakistan). Guru Nanak is always shown with a halo and is typically a larger presence than other characters.
Wedding of Guru Nanak and Sulakhni. From the Unbound set of Janamsakhi paintings, ca.1755–1800. The marriage of Sulakhni to Nanak was arranged by Jai Ram, the brother-in-law of Nanak. [8] She was selected by Nanak's father partly due to her apparently "comely" appearance. [9] She was wedded to Guru Nanak on 24 September 1487.
Mural depicting the birth of Sri Chand, eldest son of Guru Nanak, and the founder of the Udasi sect, made with the donation from Lala Devi Ditta Mal, from Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai, Amritsar, ca.1890's. He was the eldest son of Guru Nanak, the first Guru and founder of Sikhism.