![]() Further, stories about Guru Nanak's travel to Baghdad is absent from even the early 19th-century Puratan version. Some of the stories about Guru Nanak's extensive travels first appear in the 19th-century versions of janam-sakhi in the Puratan version. For example, Callewaert and Snell state that early Sikh texts do not contain these stories, and after these travel stories first appear in hagiographic accounts of Guru Nanak centuries after his death, they continue to become more sophisticated over time, with the late phase Puratan version describing four missionary journeys ( udasis), which however differs from the Miharban version. The hagiographic details is a subject of dispute, with modern scholarship questioning the details and authenticity of many claims. It has invited sharp reactions from Indian politicians as it is a pilgrimage site for Sikhs across the world. Guru Nanak palace in modern day Punjab near Lahore was partially demolished by vandals. Other childhood accounts refer to strange and miraculous events about Nanak, such as one witnessed by Rai Bular, in which the sleeping child's head was shaded from the harsh sunlight, in one account, by the stationary shadow of a tree or, in another, by a venomous cobra. Notable lore recounts that as a child Nanak astonished his teacher by describing the implicit symbolism of the first letter of the alphabet, resembling the mathematical version of one, as denoting the unity or oneness of God. At age seven, his father enrolled him at the village school as was the custom. ![]() At the age of five, Nanak is said to have voiced interest in divine subjects. Commentaries on his life give details of his blossoming awareness from a young age. According to Sikh traditions, the birth and early years of Guru Nanak's life were marked with many events that demonstrated that Nanak had been marked by divine grace. ![]()
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