'A Journey of Discovery’
Pilgrimage to Pakistan & India 1st to 13th November 2019
A GNNSJ AV (Four Part) FILM Series
© Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha/Audio Visual/2019
Filmed : Saturday 3 November 2019
Gurudwara Sacha Sauda is some 50km west of Lahore and remains a busy market city and central business hub for the wider region. Guru Nanak’s father, Mehta Kalu, remained anxious that his growing boy was
not going to do anything productive with his life. Being an accountant, he decided that his next duty was to initiate Guru Nanak into the skills of doing business and trade.
One day, Mehta Kalu gave his son a sum
of money. He instructed him to go the market village of Chuharkana, some 15 miles away from Talwandi. Today, Chuharkana is known as Farooqabad. There he was to purchase some goods that could be used for
trade. Accompanying Guru Nanak, on this first ‘business trip’ was Bhai Bala a young family employee who became the Guru’s lifelong friend. As the two friends journeyed along, they came across some sadhus, or
saintly people, deep in meditation. The young Guru Nanak felt there was something special about them, but they looked as if they hadn’t eaten for many days. Noticing this, he offered money from the sum his father had given, but they explained they had no interest in money. Despite Bhai Bala Ji’s concern that they should stick to his father’s plan, Guru Nanak convinced him that they should proceed to Chuharkana to buy food
and clothing for the hungry sadhus.
The two friends then returned back to lovingly prepare and serve them a meal. In their gratitude, the sadhus blessed them. For Sikhs, this event marks the beginning of the Sikh
institution of Langar. When he later returned home to face his father’s anger.
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