The founder of the Sikh religion, Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, known popularly as Guru Nanak, was born in 1469 to an accountant in the Punjab region of India.

Nanak was educated as a boy, learning Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic, but came to have more interest in religion than education. He was married by the age of twelve, to Sulakhani, who bore him two sons. Despite his father’s efforts to steer him into a bureaucratic or business career, Nanak remained enchanted with his spiritual quest.

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