Sikhism though very young in the history of world religious traditions, occupies an important place among the six main religious traditions of the world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Its founder Guru Nanak Dev was born in 1469 and left the mundane world in 1539.Today the followers of Guru Nanak the Sikhs are spread all over the world. Sikhism is a revealed religion.