Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji

Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji was the second of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was born in a Hindu family, with the birth name as lehna, in the village of Harike  in northwest Indian subcontinent. Bhai Lehna Ji grew up in a khatri family his father was a small scale trader, he himself worked as a pujari (priest) and religious teacher centered around goddess Durga. He met Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, and became a Sikh. He served and worked with Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji for many years. Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji gave Bhai Lehna Ji the name Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji, chose Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji as the second Sikh Guru instead of his own sons.

After Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji led the Sikh tradition.

Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji invented the present form of the Gurmukhi script. It became the medium of writing the Punjabi language in which the hymns of the Gurus are expressed. This step had a far-reaching purpose and impact. First, it gave the people who spoke this language an identity of their own, enabling them to express their thought directly and without any difficulty and transliteration. The measure had the effect of establishing the independence of the mission and the followers of the Guru.