All About Sikhism
The Bounteous Lord heard the anguished cry and so, Guru Nanak sent to this world of woe.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (the founder of Sikhism) was born on 15th April, 1469 at Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present district of Shekhupura (Pakistan), now Nanakana Sahib. The Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji is celebrated on 15th Kartik Puranmashi i.e. full moon day of the month Kartik. On this day the Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji is celebrated every year. (But some other chronicles state that Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born on 20th October,1469) Guru Nanak Dev Ji's father, Mehta Kalyan Das, more popularly known as Mehta Kalu was the Chief Accountant of Rai Bular. Guru Nanak Dev Ji's mother was Mata Tripta Ji, a simple, pious and extremely religious woman. Nanak had an elder sister, Nanki, who always cherished her younger brother.
Nanak was an extra-ordinary and different child in many ways. God provided him with contemplative mind and rational thinking.
At the age of 7, he learnt Hindi and Sanskrit. He surprised his teachers with the sublimity of his extra-ordinary knowledge about divine things.
At the age of 13, he learned Persian and Sanskrit and
at the age of 16, he was the most learned young man in the region.
In 24 September 1487 he was married to Mata Sulakhni Ji, who gave birth to two sons: Sri Chand and Lakhmi Das.
