Name Mehta Kalu Children Guru Nanak | ||
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Similar People Guru Nanak, Bebe Nanaki, Sri Chand | ||
Grandchildren Sri Chand, Lakhmi Das |
Vol 35 guru nanak dev ji te pita mehta kalu ji jathader sant baba mohinder singh ji
Kalu Mehta (formally Kalyan Chand Das Bedi was the father of Guru Nanak Dev (1469–1539), the founder and first guru of Sikhs. He was born a Hindu.

A Khatri by caste of the Bedi clan, he served as the patwari (accountant) of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti. Guru Nanak’s mother was Tripta Devi and he had one elder sister, Bebe Nanaki who became a spiritual figure in her own right.
Kalu Mehta later became a disciple of the Guru, also his son.
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