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Also known as Guru Angad, Angad Dev Ji

The second Guru of Sikhism

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Gender
Female
Origin
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Active from
1989-07-02
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Quotes

  • Die before the one whom you love; to live after he dies is to live a worthless life in this world.
  • Chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord, O Nanak, that human body, in which there is no pain of separation from the Lord-take that body and burn it.
  • The mouth is not satisfied by speaking, and the ears are not satisfied by hearing. The eyes are not satisfied by seeing-each organ seeks out one sensory quality. The hunger of the hungry is not appeased; by mere words, hunger is not relieved. O Nanak, hunger is relieved only when one utters the Glorious Praises of the Praiseworthy Lord.

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Key facts

Born
Lehna , ( 1504-03-31 ) 31 March 1504, Matte-di-Sarai (Sarainaga) , Sri Muktsar Sahib , Panjab , Delhi Sultanate
Died
29 March 1552 (1552-03-29) (aged 47), Khadur Sahib , Lahore Subah , Mughal Empire
Spouse
Mata Khivi
Children
Baba Dasu (1521–1598), Baba Dattu (1524–1575), Bibi Amro (1529–1601) , Bibi Anokhi (1531–1608)
Parent s
Mata Ramo and Baba Pheru Mal
Known for
Standardising the Gurmukhi Script
Other names
Second Master, Second Nanak
Religion
Sikhism
Based in
Khadur
Period in office
1539–1552
Predecessor
Guru Nanak
Successor
Guru Amar Das

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1552-03-28
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Guru Angad (31 March 1504 – 29 March 1552; Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ, pronounced [gʊɾuː əŋgəd̯ᵊ]) 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 ("my own limb"), and chose Angad as the second Sikh Guru.

After the death of Nanak in 1539, Angad led the Sikh tradition. He is remembered in Sikhism for adopting and formalising the Gurmukhi alphabet. He began the process of compiling the hymns of Nanak and contributed 62 or 63 Saloks of his own. Instead of his own son, he chose his disciple Amar Das as his successor and the third Guru of Sikhism.

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