Mehta Kalu

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Who is Mehta Kalu?

Kalu Mehta was the father of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder and first guru of Sikhs.

A Khatri by caste of the Bedi clan, he served as the patwari of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti. Guru Nanak’s mother was Tripta Devi and he had one elder sister, Bebe Nanaki who became a spiritual figure in her own right.

Kalu Mehta later became a disciple of the Guru, also his son.

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Religion
  • Sikhism
Nationality
  • India

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on July 23, 2013

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