Guru Nanak visiting his parents, Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta, after returning home from an Udasi (travels). Mardana's in the foreground playing the rabab.
Born
Kalyan Chand Das Bedi
4 May 1440
Dehra Sahib Lohar, Tarn Taran, Punjab
Died
24 December 1522
Kartarpur Sahib or Talwandi, Lodi Empire (Present day Pakistan)
Mehta Kalu, formally Kalyan Das, (1440–1522) was the father of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.[1][2][3]
^"Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Nanak Ji, First Sikh Guru, First Guru Of Sikhs, Sahib Shri Guru Nanak Ji, India". Sgpc.net. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
^"Mehta Kalu". punjabipedia.org (in Punjabi). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^Singh, Bhupinder (October–December 2019). "Genealogy of Guru Nanak". Abstracts of Sikh Studies. 21 (4). Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh.
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