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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 | 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 | 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. | ||