This first god, or what they called Guru, was Nanak. Nanak was born in the year 1469 in a village known as Talwandi. Later it was changed in honor of him, it was called "Nanak's Place". His parents were common villagers, his father was a Hindu. When Nanak was 7, he would ask his teacher about the True Name of God. He studied Persian at the age of 9. Many people thought that he preferred a life of …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total…was creating a new religion. He did well with that. He passed on his teachings really well and Sikhism is one of the most followed religions there are today. One of the top five. So you can say he was successful. His successor later became Angad. His son left and betrayed him. That's why he wasn't his successor. He lived a marvelous life and I hope we can all remember him for a long time.