Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 2023 Pakistani Census however showed that while still overwhelmingly Muslim at 97%, there is now a re-established Sikh community in the holy city their founder Guru Nanak was born in. Data from the 2023 census shows that the city of Nankana Sahib has a Sikh population of 1,875 out of a total population of 130,041.
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.
Photograph of a Sikh health worker of the Karachi Plague Committee in Old Town, Karachi, by R. Jalbhoy, 1897 Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore. Prior to independence in 1947, 2 million Sikhs resided in the present day Pakistan and were spread all across Northern Pakistan, specifically the Punjab region and played an important role in its economy as farmers, businessmen, and traders.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469 – 1539 CE). Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539), founder of Sikhism, was born to Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta, in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore. [22]
This historic site is of great importance to Sikhism, as it is said to be the place where the First Guru of Sikhs, Guru Nanak, spent 14 years of his life.The place derives its name from a Ber tree (Ziziphus jujuba) said to have been planted by Guru Nanak himself, under which he first uttered the Mul Mantar or the "Sacred Word or Revelation" of Sikhism.
She traces the name to Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the ten Gurus. [20] In Janamsakhi: Paintings of Guru Nanak in Early Sikh Art (2023), Singh looks at the B40 Janamsakhi, part of the small surviving collection of early Janamsakhis. [21] In the work she highlights how early Sikh images show Guru Nanak within a range of depictions. [22]
According to eyewitness Sikh chronicles, known as Bhatt Vahis, Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [25] Gurbilas Patashahi 6 written 1718 [26] attributed to Bhai Mani Singh says Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [20] Meham Parkash written in 1776 also says Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [20]
Gurdwara Janam Asthan, the birthplace of Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak (1469–1539), the founder of Sikhism, was born in a Hindu Khatri family to Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta in the village of Talwandi, present-day Nankana Sahib, near Lahore. [99] Throughout his life, Guru Nanak was a religious leader and social reformer.