A sacred compilation: Diverse contributors to Guru Granth Sahib

• Total pages (Angs): 1,430

• Total hymns (Shabads): Rs 5,894

• Language spectrum: Sant bhasha, Punjabi, Braj, Persian, Sanskrit, Marathi, Sindhi, etc.

• Japji Sahib

• Asa Di Vaar

• Sidh Gosht

• Major shabads across various ragas.

• Anand Sahib (full)

• Many shabads on social reform, equality and spiritual discipline.

• Laavan (Sikh marriage hymns)

• Rs 638 hymns

• Focus on humility, devotion and service.

• Largest contributor among Gurus

• Sukhmani Sahib

• Composed shabads across 30+ ragas

• Compiler of Adi Granth (1604).

• Kabir – Largest Bhagat contributor; dohas & shabads on universalism.

• Ravidas – Egalitarian message; 40+ hymns.

• Namdev – Devotion-focused hymns; 60+ hymns.

• Sheikh Farid (Baba Farid, Sufic poet) – Oldest verses in Guru Granth Sahib.

• Jaidev – Sanskrit poet; contributed hymns in classical style.

• Surdas – Devotional bhakti poet; one shabad included.

Guru Gobind Singh’s compositions:

• Jaap Sahib

• Akal Ustat

• Bachittar Natak

• Chaupai Sahib

• Zafarnama (letter to Aurangzeb)

• Tav-Prasad Savaiye

• Benti Chaupai

These form major portions of Dasam Granth and daily Nitnem of Sikhs.

• Attributed to: Guru Gobind Singh

• Compilation: 1711 (posthumously organised by Bhai Mani Singh)

• Languages: Braj, Sanskrit, Persian, Punjabi

• Ramsar Sahib, Amritsar: Compilation site of Adi Granth

• Harmandir Sahib: First installation

• Akal Takht Sahib: Temporal seat established by Guru Hargobind

• Dam Dama Sahib (Talwandi Sabo): Revision and addition of Guru Tegh Bahadur’s bani