Kabul Guru Nanak and Mardana set out from Mashhad on the old route in North Iran and reached Balkh, a town in the northern part of Afghanistan. These days Balkh falls in the northern state of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan. It has since been named Wazirabad. It was situated on a bank of the Balkh river which flows down north and

Bura-Budha Once Guru Nanak set out from Kartarpur and sat at a place now outside the present Kathu Nangal village. This village is 12 miles (19 km.) to the north of present city of Amritsar. This was a village inhabited by the Randhawa Jats. Outside the village a child was grazing the cattle. He came to the place where sat

Multan Guru Nanak set out from Bikaner and reached Uch, then in the Bahawalpur State (now in Pakistan). Sheikh Haji Abdulla of this place had met the Guru at Mecca and he had passed away in 1526-27. Passing through Uch, Guru Nanak arrived at Multan. When the Guru reached Multan, the holy men of the town offered him a bowl

1. Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539) Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born into the turbulence of the middle ages at Talwandi today called Nankana Sahib , now in Pakistan . Bhai Gurdas Ji an eminent Sikh poet and historian write: “ The rulers had become ruthless, carrying butchers knives under their sleeve for slaying the poor.. The light of the

2. Guru Angad Dev Ji (1504-1552) He was known as Bhai Lehna , ( Lehna in Punjabi means “ tax collector ”) before he took his place on Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s throne as Guru Angad Dev Ji . He was a man of simple beliefs and religious temperament. He was the leader of a group of followers of the

5. Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563-1606) Guru Arjan Dev Ji was the youngest of the 3 sons of Guru Ramdas Ji ( Prithi Chand and Maha Dev were the other two). We have already seen how Guru Amardas Ji had to wait over 60 years before he found the True Guru (Guru Angad Dev Ji), but Guru Arjan Dev Ji

6. Guru Hargobind Ji (1595-1644) Mata Ganga Ji asked her husband Guru Arjan Dev Ji for the gift of a son, for he granted the wishes of so many Sikhs he would surely answer hers as well. Guru Arjan told Mata Ganga Ji to go and seek Baba Budha Ji’s blessing. Mata Ganga Ji had her helpers prepare delicious foods

7. Guru Har Rai Ji (1630-1661) Guru Har Rai Ji was 14 years old when he became the seventh body to contain the divine light of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Like his grandfather Guru Hargobind Ji, Guru Ji maintained an army of 2200 soldiers, however Shah Jahan the Moghul Emperor had realised that destroying the Sikhs was no easy task

8. Guru Har Krishan Ji (1656-1664) Guru Har Krishan Ji was known as the child Guru since he became the 8 th Guru King at the age of 5 : This was unacceptable to a lot of people, who questioned Guru Ji’s suitability as leader of the Sikh nation. However an incident of a proud Brahmin at Panjokhora put Guru