Guru Angad Dev
The second Guru of Sikhism · Writers · Lived 1504 to 1552 · aged 47
Guru Angad was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Nanak for many years, Nanak gave Lehna the name Angad, and chose Angad as the second Sikh Guru.
Guru Angad Dev is read about 137 times a day, in 33 languages.
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Gurgadi ceremony of Angad being proclaimed as the next guru. Fresco from Gurdwara Baba Atal, Amritsar.
Historical photograph of Gurdwara Sri Khadur Sahib, ca.1920's. Published in the 1930 first edition of Mahan Kosh by Kahn Singh Nabha.
Fresco of the second Sikh Guru at Baoli Sahib, Goindval
Gurmukhi inscription claimed to have been handwritten by Guru Angad to teach children at Khadur Sahib the glyphs ūṛā to ṇāṇā, ca.1539-1552
19th century watercolour of two Sikh wrestlers in a match.
Illustration of Guru Angad and Bhai Bala, with the Bhai Bala Janamsakhi being put into writing, lithograph print, from the 'Pothi Janam Sakhi Bhai Bale Ji Ki', circa mid-to-late-19th century
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Lived 1504 to 1552 · aged 47
