Written by Divya Goyal |Ludhiana |Updated: June 20, 2019 3:21:04 pm
A filmmaker’s quest to document Guru Nanak’s travels across 9 nations
Many of these sites, spread across nine nations — India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, China (Tibet), Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, are inaccessible due to travel restrictions or being located in conflict zones.
Sabhna jiya ka ik daata (There is only One giver of life, One God). To spread the message of oneness and to break barriers across faiths by engaging in spiritual dialogues, the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev, travelled far and wide during the 15th and 16th centuries. From Mecca to Haridwar, from Sylhet to Mt Kailash, Guru Nanak visited hundreds of interfaith sites related to Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism throughout his journeys (also called udaasis). At some sites, gurdwaras were constructed to commemorate his visit, and later his travels were documented in texts called ‘janamsakhis’.
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