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Guru Nanak Dev Ji: The First Guru
From the boy who refused the sacred thread to the Guru who founded a city of equals — test your knowledge of the life and travels of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Across
- 3The innkeeper who secretly robbed travelers, until a hymn sung by Guru Nanak Dev Ji pierced his heart and he turned to honest living.
- 6The name Guru Nanak Dev Ji gave to Bhai Lehna Ji, meaning 'part of my own body' — he became the second Guru of the Sikhs.
- 7The stringed instrument Bhai Mardana Ji played as he and Guru Nanak Dev Ji traveled the world singing hymns to God.
- 10The 'City of the Creator' that Guru Nanak Dev Ji founded on the banks of the river Ravi, where he started the Langar tradition.
- 11Guru Nanak Dev Ji's older sister, who noticed from childhood that he was special and understood him better than anyone.
- 13Guru Nanak Dev Ji's faithful companion who played the rabab on all the Udasis, accompanying his hymns with music.
- 14The pilgrimage city where Guru Nanak Dev Ji turned and threw water westward, teaching the crowd to question rituals they did not understand.
Down
- 1The town where Guru Nanak Dev Ji worked at the grain stores — and where he disappeared into the river Vein for three days.
- 2The free community kitchen Guru Nanak Dev Ji established, where everyone sat together on the floor and ate the same food.
- 4The realm of truth where the soul rests with God — where Guru Nanak Dev Ji peacefully departed on September 22, 1539.
- 5The sacred cotton thread that the young Nanak refused at age ten, asking for a thread made of compassion and truth instead.
- 8The temple ceremony at Jagannath Puri that inspired Guru Nanak Dev Ji to sing that the sun, moon, and stars perform the greatest worship of all.
- 9The long spiritual journeys Guru Nanak Dev Ji undertook — through forests, mountains, rivers, and deserts — to share his message with the world.
- 12The small village where Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born on April 15, 1469, now known as Nankana Sahib in Pakistan.
What you'll learn
- Key events and journeys in the life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
- The sakhi of the sacred thread (janeu) and what it teaches
- The founding of the first Sikh community at Kartarpur
- Vocabulary drawn from Guru Nanak's life and travels