GURU NANAK DEV JI
The Bounteous Lord heard the anguished
cry and so Guru Nanak. He was sent to this world of woe.
Guru Nanak Devji (the first Guru & the founder of Sikhism) was born on 15th April, 1469 at Rai-Bhoi-di-Talwandi in the present district of Shekhupura (Pakistan), now Nanakana Sahib. The Birthday of Guru Nanak Devji is celebrated every year on 15″ Kartik Puranmashi ie. full moon day of the month Kartik. Guru Nanak Devji’s father, Mehta Kalyan Das, more popularly known as Mehta Kalu, was the agent and Chief Accountant of Rai Bular. Guru Nanak’s Mother was Mata Tripta, a simple, pious and extremely religious woman. Nanak had an elder sister, Nanki, who always cherished her younger brother.
Guru Nanak Devji was an extraordinary and different child inmany ways. God provided him with contemplative mind and rational thinking, At the age of seven, he learnt Hindi and Sanskrit. He surprised his teachers with the sublimity of his extraordinary knowledge about divine things. At the age thirteen, he learnt Persian and Sanskrit and at the age of 16, he was the most learned young man in the region He was married to Mata Sulakhni Ji, who gave birth to two sons; Sri Chand and Laxmi Das, In November 1504, Guru Devji’s elder sister Nanki Ji took him to Sultanpurlodhi where her husband Jairam Ji got the job of storekeeper in the Modikhana of the local Nawab, Daulat Khan Lodhi
At the age of 38, in August 1507, Guru Nanak Sahib heard God’s call to dedicate himself to the service of humanity after bathing in “Vain Nadi” (a small river) near Sultanpur Lodhi. The very first sentence which he ‘uttered’ then was, ‘There is no Hindu no Musalman’. He now undertook long travels to ‘preach’ ‘his unique’ and divine doctrine (Sikhism). After visiting different places in Punjab he decided to proceed in India and abroad. These tours are called Char Udasis of Guru Nanak Sahib.
During the four journeys, Guru Nanak Sahib visited different religious places preaching Sikhism. He went to Kurukshetra, Haridwar, Joshi Math, Ratha Sahib, Gorakh Matta (Nanak Matta), Ayodhya, Prayag, Varanasi, Gaya, Patna, Dhurbi and Gauhati in Assam, Dacca Puri, Cuttock, Rameshwaram, Ceylon, Bidar, Bharuch, Somnath Dwarka, Junagadh, Ujain, Ajmer, Mathura, Pakpattan, Talwandi Lahore, Sultanpur, Bilaspur, Rawalsar, Jwalaji, Spiti Valley, Tibet, Ladakh, Kargil, Amarnath, Srinagar and Baramula. Guru Nanak Devji also paid visit to Muslim holy places. In this regard he went to Mecca, Medina, Baghdad via Multan, Peshwar Sakhar, Son Miani Hinglaj etc.
Some accounts say that Guru Sahib reached Mecca by sea route Guru Devji also visited Syria, Turkey and Tehran (the present capital of Iran). From Tehran, Guru Devji set out on the carvan route and covered Kabul, Kandhar and Jalalabad. The real aim of his tour was awakening the people to realize the truth about God and to introduce Sikhism. He established a network of preaching centres of Sikhism which were called Manjis’. He appointed able and committed followers as its head (preacher of Sikhism). The basic tenets of Sikhism were wilfully conceived by the people from all walks of life. The seeds of Sikhism were sown all over India and abroad in well-planned manner.
In the year 1520, Babar attacked India. His troops slaughtered thousands of innocent civilians of all walks of life, Women and children were made captives and all their property looted at Amiabad. Guru Nanak Devji challenged this act of barbarity in strong words He was arrested and released, shortly after making Babar realizing his blunder. `All the prisoners were also released,
Guru Nanak Devji settled down at Kartarpur city (now in Pakistan) which was founded by him in 1522 and spent the rest of his life there (1522-1539). There was daily Kirtan and the institution of Langar (free kitchen) was introduced. Knowing that the end was drawing near, Guru Nanak Devji, after testing his two sons and some followers, installed Bhai Lehna Ji (Guru Angad Sahib) as the Second Nanak in 1539, and after a few days passed into Sachkhand on 22 September, 1539.
Thus ended the wordly journey of this god-gifted master (Guru) of authority emphasized mankind of Thus the He ended Vedas the rejected and wordly the the path Hindu journey of caste of this renunciation system, god-gifted Guru Tyaga Or Master Nanak Yogi, (Gura) Devji the the leading of householders life (Grihesta), unattached to gross materialism. The services of mankind Sewa, Kirtan, Satsang and faith in ‘one’ Omnipotent God are the basic concepts of sikhism established by Guru Nanak Devji. Thus he laid the foundations of Sikhism. He preached new idea of God as Supreme, Universal, all powerful and truthful. God is formless (Nirankar), the soul, the Creator the self-existent, the incomprehensible and the Everlasting and the creator of all things (Karta Purakh). God is infinite, All-giver, Nirvair and Omnipotent. He is Satnam, the Eternal and Absolute truth.
As a social reformer Guru Nanak Devji upheld the cause of women, downtrodden and the poor. He attacked the citadel of caste system of Hindus and theocracy of Muslim rulers. He was a born poet. He wrote 947 hymns comprising Japji Sahib, Assa-Di-Var, Bara- Mah-Sidh-Gost, Onkar (Dakhani) and these were included in Guru Granth Devji by Guru Nanak Devji. He was also a perfect musician He with the company of Bhai Mardana composed such tunes in various Indian classical Ragas that charmed and tamed wild creatures like Babar, subdued Saging kings, raved bigots and tyrants, made thugs and robbers-saints. He was a reformer as well as a revolutionary. God had endowed him with a contemplative mind and pious disposition. Guru Arjan Sahib called him the image of God, nay, God Himself
OUR SCHOOL
Our School is in the process of creating for itself a rich heritage. Each student is a partner in this great effort. He should see that every day he is adding to this rich and colourful heritage by the following ways.
(1) Prayer: Our School starts with a prayer and the National Anthem. We pray and the sing National Anthem with devotion and reverence.
(2) Our School Flag: Our School Flag is yellow in colour and the
school emblem is printed in the centre of the flag. Just like our National Flag we honour our School Flag.
(3) House system:The house system has been introduced in the school to promote healthy competition among the pupils in all activities at school. The students are divided into different houses and it is proposed to award a Rolling Trophy to House adjudged the best at the end of the year
OUR TRADITIONS
We are proud of our following traditions.
(1) To be always friendly with one another in and out of the School.
(2) To avoid vulgarity in our talk and behaviour.
(3) To accept whatever work is assigned to us as our duty.
(4) To offer help to any unattended visitor we happen to meet in the school premises.
(5) To rise when any teacher or visitor enters or passes through any room in which we happen to be.
(6) To be courteous and to have sportsman spirit with opposing teams and officials.
(7) To respect the beauty of the school premises and report any damage which we may observe.
(8) To avoid littering in the school premises.
(9) To learn and observe good manners at table and elsewhere.
These traditions are little things in themselves and they cannot be enforced since this would destroy their value. The desire to observe them must come from within and must be genuine only thus can one’s character be made.