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Spiritual Foundation
The foundational verse of Sikhism, opening the Guru Granth Sahib. It expresses the nature of the Divine and the truth of existence.
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ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ
ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ
ਨਿਰਭਉ
ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ
ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ
ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ
ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ
There is One God
Whose Name is Truth
Is the Creator
Has no Fear
Has no Hate
Immortal & Omnipresent
Infinite & Self-existent
Realized with Guru's Grace
There is One God
Whose Name is Truth
Is the Creator
Has no Fear
Has no Hate
Immortal & Omnipresent
Infinite & Self-existent
Realized with Guru's Grace
Turn the cards to step through them, and open one to read its full story in the timeline.
Birth of Guru Nanak
1469
The Guru's Message of Unity
1496
Guru Nanak's Travels
1500
God Is Omnipresent
1520
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