CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Nanak Bani: The book is a collection of five prominent writings (paanch bania) of Guru Nanak Dev. It is compiled by Manjit Singh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Guru Granth Sahib is worshipped as the supreme authority of Sikhism and is considered the final and perpetual guru of Sikhism. As the first guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak contributed a total of 974 hymns to the book.

Detailed explanation-3: -identifiable as Punjabi is the Janam-sakhi, a 16th-century biography of Guru Nanak written by his lifelong companion Bhai Bala. In 1604 Arjan, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, collected the poems of Gurus Nanak, Angad, Amar Das, Ram Das, and others into the most-famous book to originate in the Punjab…

Detailed explanation-4: -Guru Nanak Dev Ji primarily composed five Banis(holy hymns) which the Sikh recite early morning or in the evening as a part of their daily meditation and devotion to almighty. ‘Japji Sahib’ is the composition that is mentioned at the very beginning the religious texts of the Sikhs ‘Guru Granth Sahib.

Detailed explanation-5: -The writings of Guru Nanak Dev ji were integrated into the scripture of Guru Granth Sahib by the fifth Guru Arjan Dev ji in the form of 974 spiritual hymns comprising the Japji Sahib, Asa di Var, Bara Mah, Sidh Gosht and Dakhni Onkar.