Guru Nanak (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ) (15 April 1469 - 7 May 1539) is the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs. He was born in the village of Talwandi, also called Rai Bhoe-ki Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib, near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. He was born, according to all ancient Sikh records, in the early morning of the third day of the light half of the month of Baisakh (April - May) in the year 1469 AD. Before Guru Nanak breathed his last in 1539, his name had travelled not only throughout India's north, south, east and west, but also far beyond into Arabia, Mesopotamia(Iraq), Ceylon, Afghanistan, Turkey, Burma and Tibet. Birth Anniversary: (Lunar Linked) 15 November 2005; 5 Nov 2006; 24 Nov 2007; 13 Nov 2008
The name "Nanak" was used by all subsequent Gurus who wrote any sacred text in the Sikh holy scripture called the Guru Granth Sahib. So the second Sikh Guru, Guru Angad is also called the "Second Nanak" or "Nanak II". It is believed by the Sikhs that all subsequent Gurus carried the same message as that of Guru Nanak and so they have used the name "Nanak" in their holy text instead of their own name and hence are all referred to as the "Light of Nanak"
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ਇਹ ਲੇਖ-ਸਾਮੱਗਰੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਜਾਂ ਰੂਪ ਵਿਚ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਰੂਪਿਤ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ।ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਰਾਖਵੇਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ।