Guru Nanak Dev who was born in 1469 in Talwandi in present Pakistan (a part of undivided India before 1947) was the founder of Sikh religion. Sikh literally means a "disciple". Followers of Guru Nanak Dev were referred to as Sikhs and the new faith was termed as "Sikhism. He preached that there is only One God (Ik- Omkar) and one should be kind and loving to His creation irrespective of caste, creed & gender. In Sikhism, every person is fully responsible for leading a moral life. Sikhs believe they have no right to impose their beliefs on others or even to cajole members of other religions to convert. Such practices are strictly forbidden in Sikhism. Sikhs are required to defend the freedom of worship of other religions just as they would their own. Sikhs do not believe that followers of other religions are doomed in the eyes of God regardless of their personal character and behavior, nor does being born into a Sikh family guarantee salvation.

The word "Guru" is a Sanskrit word meaning teacher, honoured person, religious person or saint. Sikhism was established by ten Gurus, teachers or masters, over the period from 1469 to 1708 - that is over a period of 239 years  thereafter the Sikh Holy Scriptures the Guru Granth Sahib is live sikh Guru.

Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Sri Granth Sahib Ji, is more than just a scripture of the Sikhs. The Sikhs treat this Granth (holy book) as a living Guru. The holy text spans 1430 pages and contains the actual words spoken by the founders of the Sikh religion (the Ten Gurus of Sikhism) and the words of various other Saints from other religions including Hinduism and Islam. 

Guru Granth Sahib was given the Guruship by the last of the living Sikh Masters, Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1708. Guru Gobind Singh said before his demise that the Sikhs were to treat the Granth Sahib as their next Guru. Guru Ji said – “Sab Sikhan ko hokam hai Guru Manyo Granth” meaning “All Sikhs are commanded to take the Granth as Guru” So today if asked, the Sikhs will tell you that they have a total of 11 Gurus. ( 10 in human form and the SGGS). 

When one visits a Gurdwara (a Sikh temple) , the Guru Granth Sahib forms the main part of the Darbar Sahib or Main Hall. The holy book is placed on a dominant platform and covered in a very beautiful and attractively coloured fine cloth. The platform is always covered by a canopy, which is also decorated in expensive and very attractive coloured materials. The text in which the Granth is written is a script called Gurmukhi (literally "From the Guru's mouth"), which is considered a modern development of the ancient language called Sanskrit. 

NitNem

NitNem is a collaboration of different banis that were designated to be read by sikhs every day. The Nit Nem bani's usually include the Panj bania (5 bani's below) and sometimes Rehiras Sahib and Kirtan Sohila

Jap Ji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav Prasad Swaiye, Beynti Chaopai, Anand Sahib 

The 5 Banis are usually recited in the early morning while Rehiras is read in the evening (around 6pm.) and Kirtan Sohila is cited just before going to sleep at night. You can play these seven baniis from below player

Sikhs believe in the following: 

Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as Sri Darbar Sahib or Golden Temple, (on account of its scenic beauty and golden coating for English speaking world), is named after Hari(God) the temple of God. The Sikhs all over the world, daily wish to pay visit to Sri Amritsar and to pay obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib in their Ardas.