Last Days

Guru Nanak Dev Ji, ended his itineration (journey from place to place, preaching his divine mission), by the age of fifty two years. After, he settled on the right bank of river Ravi at Kartarpur. There he adopted the life of a peasant. People visited Kartarpur and were blessed by the Guru and 'Sangat' and 'Pangat' was started to serve people, where men and women irrespective of caste, color or creed were welcomed. "Dana Pani Guru Ka, Taihal Bhawna Sikhan Ki" was common saying of the time, which means "provisions are provided by the Providence (God) and service is rendered by the Sikhs".

On September 22, 1539, taking God's name, and being lost in God's name, Guru Nanak Dev ji went into Samadhi and was no more. Now a quarrel took place between the Hindus and the Muslims. The Hindus wanted his body to be cremated while the Muslims wanted his body to be buried. As the dispute was growing more and more between the two, they decided to keep some fresh flowers on Guru Nanak Dev Jis body for the night, and flowers of whomsoever will dry up first, will let the other religion person take his body and perform the last ritual. However, in the morning it was discovered that the same was no more there. There were only flowers and silence. Thus, they agreed to divide the sheet into two halves which was subsequently buried by the Muslims and cremated by the Hindus.