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	'''Baba Buddha''' (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://eos.learnpunjabi.org/BUDDHA%20BABA%20(1506-1631).html\|title=BUḌḌHĀ BĀBĀ (1506-1631)\|website=eos.learnpunjabi.org\|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> was a prime figure in early [[Sikhism]]. He was born in 1506 in the village of [[Kathu Nangal]], in [[Amritsar]]. As a child, while grazing cattle outside his village, he met [[Guru Nanak]]. He asked Guru Nanak many questions regarding life and death, such that, at his young age, Guru Nanak blessed him with the name Buddha, as he spoke as if he were a wise elder. He was one of the earliest Sikhs of Guru Nanak, and performed the formal coronation ceremonies of the five Sikh gurus who succeeded Guru Nanak; [[Guru Angad]], [[Guru Amar Das]], [[Guru Ram Das]], [[Guru Arjan]], and [[Guru Hargobind]]. <ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C&q=Baba+Buddha&pg=PA39\|title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries)\|last=Singha\|first=H. S.\|date=2000\|publisher=Hemkunt Press\|isbn=9788170103011\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmOTBAAAQBAJ&q=Baba+Buddha&pg=PA98\|title=Rajni\|last=Khalsa\|first=Gurutej Singh\|date=2014-08-23\|publisher=Trafford Publishing\|isbn=9781490743301\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Baba Buddha''' (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://eos.learnpunjabi.org/BUDDHA%20BABA%20(1506-1631).html\|title=BUḌḌHĀ BĀBĀ (1506-1631)\|website=eos.learnpunjabi.org\|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> was a prime figure in early [[Sikhism]]. He was born in 1506 in the village of [[Kathu Nangal]], in [[Amritsar]]. As a child, while grazing cattle outside his village, he met [[Guru Nanak]]. He asked Guru Nanak many questions regarding life and death, such that, at his young age, Guru Nanak blessed him with the name Buddha, as he spoke as if he were a wise elder. He was one of the earliest Sikhs of Guru Nanak, and performed the formal coronation ceremonies of the five Sikh gurus who succeeded Guru Nanak; [[Guru Angad]], [[Guru Amar Das]], [[Guru Ram Das]], [[Guru Arjan]], and [[Guru Hargobind]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C&q=Baba+Buddha&pg=PA39\|title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries)\|last=Singha\|first=H. S.\|date=2000\|publisher=Hemkunt Press\|isbn=9788170103011\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmOTBAAAQBAJ&q=Baba+Buddha&pg=PA98\|title=Rajni\|last=Khalsa\|first=Gurutej Singh\|date=2014-08-23\|publisher=Trafford Publishing\|isbn=9781490743301\|language=en}}</ref>

	On installation of the [[Adi Granth]], a compilation of Sikh scripture, at [[Golden Temple\|Sri Harimandir Sahib]] on August ~~16th~~, 1604, Bhai Buddha was appointed the first [[Granthi]] by [[Guru Arjan]].		On installation of the [[Adi Granth]], a compilation of Sikh scripture, at [[Golden Temple\|Sri Harimandir Sahib]] on August 16, 1604, Bhai Buddha was appointed the first [[Granthi]] by [[Guru Arjan]].

	On May ~~30th~~, 1606<ref name=":0" /> after the martyrdom of Guru Arjun, Guru Hargobind ordered the construction of the [[Akal Takht]] and entrusted the responsibility of its construction to Baba Buddha and [[Bhai Gurdas]].		On May 30, 1606<ref name=":0" /> after the martyrdom of Guru Arjun, Guru Hargobind ordered the construction of the [[Akal Takht]] and entrusted the responsibility of its construction to Baba Buddha and [[Bhai Gurdas]].

	After a lifetime of following the Sikh Gurus, Baba Buddha died at the age of 124 years in 1631 at the village of Jhanda Ramdas, on the banks of the [[Ravi River]]. Guru Hargobind was at his bedside and honoured him by carrying him to his funeral pyre and reciting passages from the Adi Granth.		After a lifetime of following the Sikh Gurus, Baba Buddha died at the age of 124 years in 1631 at the village of Jhanda Ramdas, on the banks of the [[Ravi River]]. Guru Hargobind was at his bedside and honoured him by carrying him to his funeral pyre and reciting passages from the Adi Granth.

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{{Infobox person
| name = '''Baba Buddha'''
| image = File:Guru Arjun Dev being pronounced fifth guru.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Baba Buddha crowning the fifth guru
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 6 October 1506
| birth_place = Amritsar, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1631|09|08|1506|10|06|df=yes}}
| death_place = Ramdas Village
| years_active = 1506-1631
| known_for = Early figure of [[Sikhism]]
| successor =
| parents = Bhai Sukha Randhawa, Mai Gauran
| spouse =
}}
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'''Baba Buddha''' (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://eos.learnpunjabi.org/BUDDHA%20BABA%20(1506-1631).html|title=BUḌḌHĀ BĀBĀ (1506-1631)|website=eos.learnpunjabi.org|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> was a prime figure in early [[Sikhism]]. He was born in 1506 in the village of [[Kathu Nangal]], in [[Amritsar]]. As a child, while grazing cattle outside his village, he met [[Guru Nanak]]. He asked Guru Nanak many questions regarding life and death, such that, at his young age, Guru Nanak blessed him with the name Buddha, as he spoke as if he were a wise elder. He was one of the earliest Sikhs of Guru Nanak, and performed the formal coronation ceremonies of the five Sikh gurus who succeeded Guru Nanak; [[Guru Angad]], [[Guru Amar Das]], [[Guru Ram Das]], [[Guru Arjan]], and [[Guru Hargobind]]. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C&q=Baba+Buddha&pg=PA39|title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries)|last=Singha|first=H. S.|date=2000|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=9788170103011|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmOTBAAAQBAJ&q=Baba+Buddha&pg=PA98|title=Rajni|last=Khalsa|first=Gurutej Singh|date=2014-08-23|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781490743301|language=en}}</ref>

On installation of the [[Adi Granth]], a compilation of Sikh scripture, at [[Golden Temple|Sri Harimandir Sahib]] on August 16th, 1604, Bhai Buddha was appointed the first [[Granthi]] by [[Guru Arjan]].

On May 30th, 1606<ref name=":0" /> after the martyrdom of Guru Arjun, Guru Hargobind ordered the construction of the [[Akal Takht]] and entrusted the responsibility of its construction to Baba Buddha and [[Bhai Gurdas]].

After a lifetime of following the Sikh Gurus, Baba Buddha died at the age of 124 years in 1631 at the village of Jhanda Ramdas, on the banks of the [[Ravi River]]. Guru Hargobind was at his bedside and honoured him by carrying him to his funeral pyre and reciting passages from the Adi Granth.

==References==
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* gurbilas Chhevin Patshahi. Patiala, 1970
* Bhalla, Sarup Das, Mahima Prakash. Patiala, 1971
* Padam, Piara Singh, and Gianl Garja Singh, eds., Guru ban Sakhlari Patiala, 1986

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