Fariduddin Ganjshakar the shrine jam packed. Baba Farid, as he is commonly known, has his poetry included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the most sacred scripture of Sikhism, which includes 123 (or 134) hymns composed by Farid. Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the 5th guru of Sikhism, included these hymns himself in the Adi Granth, the predecessor of the Guru Granth Sahib. The town of Faridkot in Punjab, India is named after him. In 1989, on the 800th Birth Anniversary of Baba Farid, Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor. Fariduddin Ganjshakar Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar (c. 4 April
Writers of Guru Granth Sahib word "Bhakti", which means devotion and love. Bhagats evolved a belief in one God that preceded Bhagat Kabir ji selected the writings of The Great Hindu Bhaktis and Sufi saints. Among above, below is the list of Bhagats: Many Hindu Saraswat Brahmins who started to follow the word of Guru Nanak Dev were known as Bhatts. There are 11 Sikh Bhatts whose banis are included in Guru Granth Sahib: There are two more writers of present recension of Adi Granth which is matter of debate among various scholars: Bhai Mardana and Bhatt Tall. As per various scholars: Writers of Guru