Introduction

Later Sikh listings of the eastern journey often include Mathura. Exact sequence is uncertain.

The Journey

Some traditional itineraries include Mathura among eastern stops. Evidence for a specific visit is thinner than for Haridwar or Kartarpur. Classified as traditional attribution; chronology uncertain.

The Sakhi

According to some later tellings, Guru Nanak Dev Ji taught in Braj against reducing the Divine to a single temple image. Specific dialogues are not treated as documented transcripts.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Teaching

God is not confined to one town or one image.

Historical Context

Approximate period: Traditionally placed in the Udasis of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (often dated by later writers to the late 15th and early 16th centuries). Exact years are not established.

Chronology uncertain / traditional sequence only.

Mathura–Vrindavan was a major Krishna-bhakti landscape in the period.

Sikh Historical Tradition

Later Sikh tradition strongly associates this place with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, but the evidence for a specific visit is less certain.

Janamsakhi recensions and later Sikh memory are not treated here as interchangeable with independently proven itinerary. Where evidence is thinner, the status label says so.

Map

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Location shown approximately.

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A major pinda-daan centre; included in some traditional lists of the eastern journey.

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Sources

Janamsakhi tradition (Sikh historical tradition)
Multiple janamsakhi recensions describe journeys of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Recensions differ on sequence and some destinations.