Special Contributions

Special contributions made by Guru Angad Dev Ji includes:

* Guru Angad Dev Ji also introduced Gurmukhi script. This script became a medium in which the hymns of the Gurus could are expressed. This script helped the community, in the growth and development of the Sikhs. The script was also important as it helped in the growth of sikhism.

* He also compiled the biography of Guru Nanak Dev, known as ‘Bale Wali Janam Sakhi’.

* He started a school at Khadur Sahib to teach children Gurmukhi alphabets.

* The tradition of langar, which means people of all castes and creed can sit together with each other under a shelter to have food, was maintained and developed by the Guru. The Guru's wife personally worked in the kitchen.

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Accession to Gurugaddi

Serving the sikhs at his village for some years when Bhai Lehna ji returned to Kartarpur, Guru Nanak Dev Ji was very happy to see his service. Bhai Lehna Ji was was given a series of tests of his obedience and service. In one test he had to eat what appeared to the Guru's sons to be carrion (the dead and rotting body of an animal), which only Lehna Ji was willing to eat, which magically turned into the sweetest of foods.

After giving more several tests, Bhai Lehna Ji was given the Guruship and was instated as the 2nd Guru of the sikhs. Guru Nanak Dev Ji had touched him and renamed him Angad (part of the body) or the second Nanak on 1539. Before becoming the new Guru he had spent six or seven years in the service of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Kartarpur. Guru Nanak Dev Ji, left their body on September 22, 1539, Guru Angad Dev Ji went back to his village Khadur Sahib, Kartarpur. He carried forward the principles of Guru Nanak Dev Ji along with him and spread the message of sikhism. As said by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Guru Ahgad Dev Ji maintained the institution of langar. He spread Guru Nanak Dev Ji's facts, by studing the life of Bhai Bala. Also, he wrote the first biography of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He also wrote 63 Saloks, which are included in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. At last; on 28 March 1552, Guru Angad Dev Ji left his body.

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Life History

Guru Angad Dev Ji, the second Guru of the Sikhs was born on 31 March 1504, in the village of Sarae Naga in Muktsar district in Punjab. His name as given by his parents was Lehna. His father, Pheru was a small successful trader. His mother, Mata Ramo was known known by other names such as Mata Sabhirai, Mansa Devi and Daya Kaur. Bhai Lehna was a devotee of Maa Durga, by influence of his mother Daya Kaur. He used to organize yearly pilgrimage to Jawalamukhi, a place of Durga temple in the lower Himalayas. He used to lead Durga dance around the fire in a harness of jingling bells.

Bhai Jodha, a follower of Guru Nank Dev Ji was the neighbor of Bhai Lehna Ji. One day, Bhai Jodha recited a hymn of Guru Nanak Dev Ji which Bhai Lehna Ji also heard. Bhai Lehna Jis mind was all captured by the Guru Nanak's thoughts. While going to his annual pilgrimage to Jwalamukhi Temple he asked his group if they could come along with him to see the Gur, but everyone refused. At that time he did not say anything, but as he was a man of honor and dharma, the hymns and prayers (kirtan) of Guru Nanak Dev Ji still held onto his every thought. He could not stop himself to see the Guru. So one night without telling anyone he mounted his horse and proceeded to the village Kartarpur, wherte Guru Nanak Dev Ji was residing.

Having seen the noor of Guru, he threw himself at Nanak's feet. At his first meeting with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, he dedicated his life to the service of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and became his disciple (Sikh). He decided to stay there along with the Guru. People staying there along with the Guru became jealous of Bhai lehna jI by seeing his devotion and Sewa towards the Guru. Having some time spent with Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji asked him to go back to his home town and serve the sikhs in and around Khadur.

Guru Angad Dev Ji married Mata Khivi in January 1520 and had two sons named Dasu and Datu, and two daughters named Amro and Anokhi. Guru-jis family had to leave their home because of Babar. They went to Khadur Sahib, a village by the side of River Beas and settled there, a small town near Tarn Taran, about 25 km from the city of Amritsar.

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