Gurus and Mughals

Detail of Bhai Mardana, from a painting of Guru Nanak with Bhai Mardana, JaipurRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Imaginary Meeting of Guru Nanak, Mardana Sahab, and Other Sikh Gurus'LACMA, Los Angeles · photo Commissioned painting by Lala Nanak Ram upon meeting Priyata (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Painting of five Sikh gurus (most likely identifiable as Guru Nanak, Guru HargobindSalar Jung Museum, Hyderabad · photo Jawaher Ali Khan (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak with the Other Nine Gurus, Bhai Puran SinghGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak listening to some music attended by his holy man.Wellcome Collection (via Europeana) · CC BY ↗Guru Nanak with Mardana on the left and Bala on rightWikimedia Commons ↗A painting on ivory, a miniature portrait of Guru Nanak Singh, the first Sikh GuruWikimedia Commons ↗A painting of Guru Nanak from Baghdad, Iraq attributed to a painter by the name of…Wikimedia Commons · Kamal-ud-din Behzad (1450-1535) of Tabriz (claimed) ↗Bhai Bala Recites the Life Story of Guru Nanak to Guru Angad and OnlookersAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak at Panja SahibGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak at SchoolAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak at the Modikhana of Sultanpur LodhiAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak in Kamarupa (Kamrup region), the land ruled by womenAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak stops the boulder from falling with his hand at Hasan AbdalGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak with followers and other holy menWikimedia Commons ↗Wedding of Guru Nanak and SulakhniAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak with Mardana and Bala in MeccaWikimedia Commons ↗A King Pays Homage to Guru NanakGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Depiction of Guru Nanak meeting either his brother-in-law, Jai Ram, or the governorAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Detail of Guru Nanak from the earliest known painting of all ten Sikh gurus togetherLACMA, Los Angeles · photo Commissioned painting by Lala Nanak Ram upon meeting Priyata (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak, holding prayer mala beads and with a staff resting under his armpitAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak Comes upon the Sannyasi, DattatreyaGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak Subdues KaliyugaGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak meets Nath Sidhas at the village of Achal BatalaAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak meets with Bal Nath Yogi’s DisciplesAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak with FollowersGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo family workshop of Nainsukh of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak with possibly Mool Chand Chona (white-bearded man wearing pink)Asian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Kashmiri style painting of Guru Nanak with disciples and attendantGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Guru Nanak with Disciples and Attendant. 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Pun (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Painting, paint on ivory, a miniature portrait of Guru Nanak.V&A, London · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Vidaai (also spelt Bidaai) or Doli of Guru Nanak and Sulakhni's weddingAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Nanakpanthi’, a Sikh who follows Guru NanakBritish Library, London · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Painting of a Suthrashahi [a type of Udasi Sikh, altBritish Library, London · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Nanak is the saint for all followers of the Sikh faithGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo shankar s. from Poona (pune), India, India (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY ↗Page 49: Guru Nanak listening to some music attended by his holy manWellcome Collection ↗Painting of an astrologer and holy men, possibly depicting Guru Amar DasMusée Guimet, Paris · photo Attributed to 'Ali Quli Jabbadar (fl. late 17th-early 18th C (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Bhai Lehna (later Guru Angad) and his companions visit Baba NanakWikimedia Commons ↗Guru Ram DasGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Family workshop (or atelier) of Nainsukh of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Mota Raja Udai Singh, ca 1580, Boston MFA.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru ArjanGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Family workshop of Purkhu of Kangra (Wikimedia Commons) ↗A classical depiction of Guru HargobindWikimedia Commons ↗This is one of the folios of Sri Guru Granth SahibNational Museum, New Delhi · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Sikh priest (Granthi) reading the Grunth (Guru Granth Sahib), Umritsur (Amritsar)"British Library, London · photo William Simpson (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Possibly Guru Har Gobind (another theory is that it depicts Guru Har Rai) with an…Wikimedia Commons ↗Guru Har Rai, the Seventh Guru Pahari (from the family workshop of Nainsukh of Guler)Government Museum, Chandigarh · photo Seu-Nainsukh workshop of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Portrait of [likely] Ram Rai (often misidentified as depicting the ninth Sikh guruAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Taken from an article written by Atsushi Ikeda of the Univer (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Sri Gobind Singh on horseback with his falcon and attendants.Wellcome Collection (via Europeana) · CC BY ↗Equestrian miniature painting of Guru Gobind Singh with a parasol attendantMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston · photo Familial atelier of Nainsukh of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru, Opaque watercolor on paperGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo from the family workshop of Nainsukh of Guier (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Gobind SinghAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Gobind Singh on horse with attendantsWikimedia Commons ↗Guru Gobind Singh with His Four Sons, the SahibzadasGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Guru Gobind Singh with attendants and a pink dogWikimedia Commons ↗Guru Gobind Singh with the Sahibzadas (his sons)Asian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗The Four Sons (Sahibzadas) of Guru Gobind SinghGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗Page 108: Sikh man with a falcon on horseback, identified as Guru Gobind SinghWellcome Collection ↗Painting of a young Raja Udai Singh of Chamba, ca.1690Wikimedia Commons ↗Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev, also known simply as Banda Bahadur, Banda SinghWikimedia Commons · Sikh Heritage Museum (by unknown photographer) ↗Mai Bhago was the first woman in sikh history to take up arms to fight opressors.Wikimedia Commons · SikhHeritageMuseum (by unknown photographer) ↗

Pictures from the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum (via Europeana), Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba, 65 more, found automatically: public domain or openly licensed, except the V&A's, shown for non-commercial use with the museum's credit. Titles and dates are the museums' own; each card names its museum and any licence. Updated 2026-10-26.