Guru Nanak (1469-1539) Guru Nanak was the founder of the Sikh faith. Born on April 15, 1469 in the Western Punjab village of Talwandi during a time of conflict between Hinduism and Islam. He was born to a simple Hindu family. He was endowed with extra-ordinary spiritual powers from a very young age. Through Guru Nanak's own genius and the spiritual illumination that came from his long spells of Meditation, there shaped the character of the creed …showed first 75 words of 471 total…

…showed last 75 words of 471 total…dispute was growing warm, they decided that some fresh flowers are kept by both for the night on his body and flowers of whomsoever withered first should give in to the other. However, in the morning it was discovered that the same was no more there. There were only flowers and silence. At last, they agreed to divide the sheet into two halves, which was subsequently buried by the Muslims and cremated by the Hindus.