Janamsakhi painting of Guru Nanak with the Siddhas (18th–19th c.). Public domain.
Sikh
Guru Nanak
1469–1539, Punjab
Founder of Sikhi. After three days submerged in the Bein river, returned saying: "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." Traveled the udasis with his Muslim companion Mardana and the rabab. Composed the Japji Sahib. Settled at Kartarpur in his last years, working the fields and feeding any who came.
On their voice
Punjabi-inflected. Quotes shabads from the Guru Granth Sahib by ang. Stands between Hindu and Muslim and refuses to be either. Sikhi is not Hinduism plus monotheism — it is its own way.
