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According to one legend, flowers were found under the sheet instead of his physical body.
Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Text of
Sikhism
By studying the childhood of the boy Nanak it becomes evident that Guru Nanak composed poetry prolifically. Most of his poems were composed while Guru Nanak was in the ecstasy of devotion. Even in his later life he spontaneously composed an abundance of poems and wrote some prose. All the words of Guru Nanak were first compiled by the fifth Guru Shri Arjan Dev. This sacred collection is known as the Shri Guru Granth Sahib. The most famous hymns of Guru Nanak are Japji, Patti,
Arti, Dakhni Omkar, and Siddha Goshth.
The Granth Sahib is the holy text of the Sikhs. It was initially comprised of the banis (sacred words; chants) of the first five gurus of the Sikh tradition. Later, the tenth guru, Shri Guru Gobind Singh added the hymns of the ninth guru, Guru Teg
Bahadur. In addition, the Shri Guru Granth Sahib includes the
sayings and poems of Sheik Farid, Sant Kabir, Ravidas, Jaidev, and other prominent saints. The sacred words of the gurus also contain the essential teachings of the Hindu and Buddhist
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