Guru Nanak

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Indian philosopher Sikh Guru founder of Sikhism religious reformer spiritual teacher

Guru Nanak was a 15th–16th century Indian spiritual teacher whose teachings on devotion to one God, equality, and social justice laid the foundations of Sikh religious and ethical thought.

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Label Occurrences
Guru Nanak canonical 47
Guru Nanak Dev 3
Baba Nankana (Guru Nanak) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian philosopher ⓘ
Sikh Guru ⓘ
founder of Sikhism ⓘ
religious reformer ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
associatedConcept Ik Onkar ⓘ
Kirat Karni ⓘ
Naam Japna ⓘ
Vand Chakna ⓘ
coreTeaching devotion to one God ⓘ
equality of all humans ⓘ
honest work ⓘ
rejection of caste discrimination ⓘ
rejection of ritualism ⓘ
remembering God’s name ⓘ
sharing with others ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1469 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1539 ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi
givenName Nanak ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorshipDedicatedTo Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur ⓘ
Gurdwara Janam Asthan ⓘ
honorificTitle Guru ⓘ
influenced Guru Angad ⓘ
Sikh ethics ⓘ
Sikh religious thought ⓘ
Sikh social institutions ⓘ
later Sikh Gurus ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Old Hindi ⓘ
Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Sant Bhasha ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement ⓘ
Sant tradition ⓘ
notableWork Japji Sahib ⓘ
hymns in Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
numberOfSuccessors 9 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region

Talwandi ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kartarpur ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region
positionHeld First Sikh Guru ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
religion Sikhism ⓘ
successor Guru Angad ⓘ
veneratedIn Nanakpanthi traditions ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sikhism → founder → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Sikhism → firstGuru → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Punjabi literature → hasNotableAuthor → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Guru Granth Sahib → containsTeachingsOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Vaisakhi → associatedWithGuru → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Guru Angad → predecessor → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Guru Angad → teacher → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Guru Angad → discipleOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Sikh people → foundedBy → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Indian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Guru Nanak Dev University → namedAfter → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nanak → givenNameOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nanak → notableBearer → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nanak → hasHonorificForm → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nankana Sahib → namedAfter → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nankana Sahib → birthplaceOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Talwandi → namedAfter → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Talwandi → founderOfReligionBornHere → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Kartarpur → associatedWithPerson → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Kartarpur → dedicatedTo → Guru Nanak ⓘ
subject surface form: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur
Japji Sahib → author → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Japji Sahib → associatedGuru → Guru Nanak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guru Nanak Dev
Ik Onkar → associatedWith → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nanakpanthi traditions → reveres → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nanakpanthi traditions → recognizes → Guru Nanak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guru Nanak as spiritual guide
Gurdwara Janam Asthan → dedicatedTo → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Gurdwara Janam Asthan → founderOfReligionAssociated → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Gurdwara Janam Asthan → associatedPerson → Guru Nanak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baba Nankana (Guru Nanak)
SGGS → includesBaniOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Bhagat Bhatt poets → devotionalFocus → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Sikh music (Gurbani Kirtan) → foundedBy → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Langar Hall → associatedWith → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur → dedicatedTo → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur → hasMausoleumOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur → originallyEstablishedBy → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Bhagat Ravidas → contemporaryOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Nanakshahi calendar → namedAfter → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Gurpurab → associatedWith → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Bhagat Mardana → associatedWith → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Bhagat Mardana → companionshipWith → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Bhagat Mardana → closeAssociateOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Sikh Gurus → founder → Guru Nanak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guru Nanak Dev
Sikh Gurus → member → Guru Nanak ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guru Nanak Dev
Bachittar Natak → mentions → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Lehna → follows → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Lehna → predecessor → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Lehna → teacher → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Lehna → discipleOf → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Lehna → inheritedSpiritualAuthorityFrom → Guru Nanak ⓘ
Second Nanak → predecessor → Guru Nanak ⓘ
subject surface form: Guru Angad