They were called Sri Chand and Lakshmi Das. Later in his life he married Mata Sulakhani with whom he had two sons. When Guru Nanak was a child he refused the upanayana (holy thread) to initiate him into the Hindu religion. Guru Nanak was born in Nankana Sahib, in Punjab. His main teaching to the world was written down to be 'devotion of thought and having good actions as the first of our jobs'. Because of his close connection with Hazrat Sheikh Farid-ud-din Ganj Shakar, the Punjabi Sufi saint, Nanak Dev is also considered by many Muslims to be a Sufi, or adherent of Sufic tenets. His two sons were Sri Chand and Lakshmi Das.īeside followers of Sikhism, Guru Nanak is considered holy by Punjabi Hindus and Hindu Sindhis across the Indian subcontinent. The word 'Guru' means 'teacher' in Sanskrit.

The last Guru said that there would be no more Gurus after him and Sikhs would be taught by the Sikh holy book, which is called Guru Granth Sahib ji. Both his parents were Hindu Khatris and Guru Nanak Dev ji was born into a Hindu Khatri landowning family. His father's name was Kalyan Chand Das Bedi who is commonly referred to as Mehta Kalu. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) was the founder of Sikhism, and was the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

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