The History Of Guru Nanak Dev Ji ..



            
   Guru Nanak Dev Ji

(1469–1538), founder of 

Sikhism, was born to Kalu
Mehta and Mata Tripta, wherein the
Bedi Khatri clan of a Hindu family in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore.[5] His father, a Hindu named Mehta Kalu, was a Patwari, an accountant of land revenue in the government. Nanak's
mother was Mata Tripta, and
he had
one older sister, Bibi Nanki. From an early age Guru Nanak
seemed to have acquired a
questioning and enquiring mind and
refused as a child to wear the
ritualistic "sacred" thread called a Janeu and instead said that he would wear the true name of God in his
heart as protection, as the thread
which could be broken, be soiled,
burnt or lost could not offer any
security at all. From early childhood,
Bibi Nanki saw in her brother the Light of God but she did not reveal
this secret to anyone. She is known as
the first disciple of Guru Nanak. Even as a boy, Nanak was fascinated
by hindu religion, and his desire to
explore the mysteries of life
eventually led him to leave home. It
was during this period that Nanak
was said to have met Kabir (1440– 1518), a saint revered by many.
Nanak married Sulakhni, daughter of
Moolchand Chona, a trader from Batala, and they had two sons, Sri Chand and Lakshmi Das. His brother-in-law, Jai Ram, the
husband of his sister Nanki, obtained
a job for him in Sultanpur as the manager of the government granary.
One morning, when he was twenty-
eight, Guru Nanak Dev went as usual
down to the river to bathe and meditate. It was said that he was gone for three days. When he
reappeared, it is said he was "filled
with the spirit of God". His first words
after his re-emergence were: "there is
no Hindu, there is no Muslim". With
this secular principle he began his missionary work.[6] He made four distinct major journeys, in the four
different directions, which are called Udasis, spanning many thousands of kilometres, preaching the message of God.[5] Guru Nanak spent the final years of
his life in Kartarpur where Langar (free blessed food) was available. The
food would be partaken of by Hindus,
rich, poor, high or/and so called low
castes. Guru Nanak worked in the
fields and earned his livelihood. After
appointing Bhai Lehna as the new Sikh Guru, on 22 September 1539,
aged 70, Guru Nanak met with his
demise