Question

Guru Nanak Ji’s family arranged his thread ceremony when he was nine years old. But to everyone’s surprise, Guru Nanak Ji refused to put the sacred thread. Why do you think so?

• A. He wanted to take a bath in the holy river first.
• B. He reasoned that the thread should be made of virtue rather than cotton.
• C. He wanted to do Sacha Sauda.
• D. He did not refuse to put the sacred thread.

Answer 1

The correct option is B He reasoned that the thread should be made of virtue rather than cotton.

Guru Nanak Ji’s family followed Hindu traditions and organised the thread ceremony for him. When the family pandit, Hardyal, wanted to put the sacred thread on Nanak Ji, he refused, reasoning that the thread should be made of virtues, rather than cotton. He was just nine years old when he challenged the traditional practises.