Nankana Sahib is an important religious site for Sikhs located in Pakistan's Punjab province. It is the birthplace of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and home to various cultural and religious sites commemorating Sikh history and traditions. Key locations include Gurdwara Janam Asthan, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, as well as other gurdwaras, mosques, and sites that showcase the cultural heritage and religious brotherhood shared between Sikhs and Muslims in the region.

2. Culture of Nankana Sahib

3. Contents
 Introduction
 History
 Cultural Dress
 Cultural food
 Notable Places
 Notable Persons
 Education System
 Brotherhood between Sikhs and Muslims

5. Introduction
 Nankana Sahib is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib
District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
 It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru
Nanak, who was born in the city and first began
preaching here.
 Nankana Sahib is the most important religious site for
the Sikh religion.
 It is located about 91 km (57 mi) east of Lahore and
about 75 km (47 mi)west of Faisalabad.
 Until 2005, it was the part of Sheikhupura District.

6.  Area: 2,960 km²
 Population: 1.356 million (2017)and 6,000 population
of Sikhs
 Capital: Nankana Sahib
 Tehsils: Nankana Sahib; Sangla Hill; Shah Kot
 Established: May 2005

7. History
 The township was founded by Rai Bhoi, a rich
landlord Muslim and thus was known as Rai Bohi
Talwandi.
 His great-grand son Rai Bular Bhatti, renamed it as
'Nankana Sahib' after the birth of Guru Nanak.
 The Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, originally constructed
in around 1600 CE was renovated in 1819–20 CE by
Gian-Punjab Maharaja Jassa Singh Ramgarhia The
Sikh Conference of Panjab, Jammu and Kashmir,
Peshawar, Kangra and Hazara.

9. Cultural Dress

16. Traditional dance ,Bhangra

18. Cultural Food of Sikh’s

24. Notable Places
 Quba Masjid (A replica of Quba Masjid of Madina)
 Gurdwara Janam Asthan
 Nankana Lake Resort
 Railway Station
 Syed wala

25. Masjid Quba(replica)

26. Gurdwara Janam Asthan

27. Gurdwara Janam Asthan

30. Nankana Lake Resort

31.  Sep 2, 2019 - The city, located about 91 kilometers from
Lahore, is a city of historic and religious value, and a
popular pilgrimage site for Sikhs from all over the
world. "The railway station in Nankana would be
named after Baba Guru Nanak.
 The minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan would
inaugurate the railway station.
Railway Station

35. Syed wala
 Syedwala ( ‫واال‬ ‫)سید‬is a city in the District of Nankana
Sahib of Punjab, Pakistan. The town lies on the River
Ravi in District Nankana Sahib, and District
connects Faisalabad, District Sheikhupura, District
Okara and District Nankana Sahib.
 It is 27 km from Jaranwala.
 National Highway Authority of Pakistan has
constructed a bridge over the Ravi at Syedwala.
 flood of 1957-1958.
 On 09 October 1987 a flood again
 2017 recently a tragedy occur again.

39. Notable Persons
 Guru Nanak founder and first of the Sikh gurus
 Mohammad Irfan Pakistani cricketer
 Mehwish Iqbal
 Ijaz Shah
 Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora

41. Guru Nanak founder and first of
the Sikh gurus
 Guru Nanak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539), also
referred to as Baba Nanak
 His birth is celebrated worldwide as Guru Nanak
Gurpurab on Kartik Pooranmashi, the full-moon day in
the month of Katak, October–November.
Date Katak Pooranmashi 2019 date12 November
2020 date 30 November2021 date 19 November
 ('father Nanak'), was the founder of Sikhism and the
first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

42. Guru Nanak Anniversiry
celebration

46. Mehwish Iqbal
 Mehwish Iqbal is a contemporary artist, born
in 1 Sangla Hill, a small village town in the east
of Pakistan.
 She currently lives and works in Merrylands, Sydne

47. Brg. Ejaz Shah

49.  Arora was born in 1974 to Punjabi Sikh family
 He received a Master's degree from the University of
the Punjab in 1997.
 In 2013, he became the first Sikh in 63 years to be
elected to elected as a Member of the Provincial
Assembly of the Punjab.
 He served as a Member of the National Commission
for Minorities between 2011-2013.

50. Education System
 Universities/Higher Education Institutes
 Virtual University of Pakistan Nankana Sahib Campus
 Baba Guru Nanak University
 GURU Nanak Degree College
 Schools
 Govt.Guru Nanak High School

51. Baba Guru Nanak University

52. GURU Nanak Degree College

53. Brotherhood in Religion
 Sikhs do not believe in pilgrimages; Muslims, in
contrast, consider Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) a crucial
part of the faith. However, the first Sikh Guru, Baba
Guru Nanak, is known to have attended the Hajj on
one occasion.

54. Brotherhood between Sikhs and
Muslims
 A.J Singh
 Amar jeet
Singh

58.  Guru Nanak in Mecca Guru Nanak went to Mecca on
his 4th (last) udassi (journey/travel). Bhai
Mardana went with him and he put on a blue dress.

62. Kartarpur Corridor
 The Kartarpur Corridor was opened by Pakistani
Prime Minister Imran Khan on 9 November 2019, the
anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and just days
before the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
 This historic moment officially allowed Indian Sikh
pilgrims rare visa-free access to the site in Pakistan. It
is also claimed to be the largest gurdwara in the world.

66. Distance between Nankana and
kartarpur
 2 h 54 min (182.4 km) via Lahore - Abdul Hakeem
Motorway/M-3