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Discover Guru Nanak's lesson on honest labor and wealth through the story of Bhai Lalo and Malik Bhago in Eminabad, now in Pakistan's Gujranwala district.

EMINABAD (32°2`N, 74°16`E), an ancient town in Gujranwala district of Pakistan, is sacred to Guru Nanak (1469-1539) in whose day it was called Sayyidpur. According to Bhai Bala Janam Sakhi, after leaving Sultanpur and before setting out on his long travels, Guru Nanak, accompanied by Bhai Mardana, first visited Eminabad where Bhai Lalo, a carpenter by profession, became his Sikh. A hymn of Guru Nanak in the Guru Granth Sahib suggests that he was in Eminabad when the town was sacked by Babar in 1521.

Explore Gurdwara Khuhi Bhai Lalo Ji, a historic Sikh shrine in Eminabad, where Guru Nanak Dev Ji's powerful teaching on honest living and hard work prevails.

Discover the story of Bhai Lalo, a humble carpenter from Saidpur who welcomed Guru Nanak, highlighting devotion over caste divisions.

BABAR VANI (Babar's command or sway) is how the four hymns by Guru Nanak alluding to the invasions by Babar (1483-1530), the first Mughal emperor of India, are collectively known in Sikh literature.