Sikhi · the Gurus
The Ten Sikh Gurus
Sikhi was shaped by ten human Gurus, from Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539) to Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708). In 1708 the tenth Guru named Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji the eternal Guru. There is no eleventh human Guru on this site.
Each page below is a biography: life, contributions, key events, and sourced dates. The walking-tour timeline — Khalsa, Misls, Empire, partition, 1984, diaspora — stays on /learn/sikh-history so that lesson is not duplicated here.
ਦਸ ਗੁਰੂ
All Gurus
Guru 1
ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539) founded Sikhi. Life, teachings, the four udasis, langar, and Parkash Purab dates — with links to Japji Sahib and the 2026 gurpurab page.
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Guru 2
ਗੁਰੂ ਅੰਗਦ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ
Guru Angad Dev Ji
Guru Angad Dev Ji (1504–1552) standardised Gurmukhi, opened schools, and strengthened langar. Life, contributions, and links to Gurmukhi lessons.
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Guru 3
ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ ਜੀ
Guru Amar Das Ji
Guru Amar Das Ji (1479–1574) required langar before audience, set up the manji system, spoke against sati and purdah, and composed Anand Sahib.
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Guru 4
ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮ ਦਾਸ ਜੀ
Guru Ram Das Ji
Guru Ram Das Ji (1534–1581) founded Amritsar and composed the Lavan of Anand Karaj. Parkash Purab 2026 is 27 October on the SGPC calendar.
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Guru 5
ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ
Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Guru Arjan Dev Ji (1563–1606) compiled the Adi Granth, built Harmandir Sahib with four doors, and was the first Sikh Guru to be martyred.
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Guru 6
ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ
Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji
Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji (1595–1644) taught miri-piri, built the Akal Takht, and is remembered on Bandi Chhor Divas after his release from Gwalior.
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Guru 7
ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਰਾਏ ਜੀ
Guru Har Rai Ji
Guru Har Rai Ji (1630–1661) kept a mounted Sikh corps but did not wage offensive war, and is remembered as a healer who kept a herbal hospital.
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Guru 8
ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਜੀ
Guru Har Krishan Ji
Guru Har Krishan Ji (1656–1664) became Guru at age five and served the sick during a Delhi smallpox epidemic, dying of the disease at age seven.
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Guru 9
ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦਰ ਜੀ
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (1621–1675) was martyred at Chandni Chowk, Delhi, for refusing conversion and defending the religious freedom of Kashmiri Hindus.
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Guru 10
ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ
Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708) founded the Khalsa at Vaisakhi 1699, gave the Five Ks, and declared Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji the eternal Guru.
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Eternal Guru
ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the eternal Guru of the Sikhs — the scripture installed as Guru by Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1708. Read angs, Hukamnama, and nitnem here.
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