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{{Short description|First Sikh and companion of Guru Nanak}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| religion = [[Islam]] (birth)<br />[[Sikhism]] (convert)
| name = Mardana
| honorific prefix = Bhai
| honorific suffix = Ji
| image = Detail of Bhai Mardana withfrom a Janamsakhi series of Nanakpainting.jpgpng
| known_for = Companion of Guru Nanak
| Hisdisciples Disciple = Swami Haridas (Teacher of Tansen)
| birth_date = 1459
| death_date = 1534 (aged 74 or 75)
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| children = Baba Rajada (son)<br />Baba Shajada (son)<br />Kaki (daughter)
| relatives = Banoo and Saloo (grandsons)<br />[[Balvand Rai|Balwand]] (great-grandson)<br />Sata (great-great-grandson)
| birthnamebirth_name = Dana Mirasi
| birth_place = Rai Bhoi Di Talwandi
| mother = Bibi Lakho
| father = Bhai Badre Mirasi
| caption = MardanaDetail seatedof toBhai theMardana leftfrom ofa NanakJanamsakhi withseries his characteristicof rababpainting
| native_name = ਭਾਈ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ<br />{{Nastaliq|بھائی مردانہ}}
| spouse = Bibi Rakhi
}}
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'''Bhai Mardana ''' ({{lang-langx|pa|ਭਾਈ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ}}; 6 February 1459 — 1534<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo, Volume 1 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1987 |isbn=9788126018031 |pages=79 |quote=}}</ref>) was one of the first Sikhs and longtime companion of [[Guru Nanak Dev]], first in the line of gurus noted in Sikhism. Bhai Mardana, was a Muslim, accompaniedby-birth who would accompany Guru Nanak Dev on his journeys and became one of his first disciples and followers, and converted to the newly established religion.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Sardar Harjeet |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428923087 |title=Faith & philosophy of Sikhism |date=2009 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |isbn=978-81-7835-721-8 |location=Delhi, India |pages=65–66 |oclc=428923087}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ranbir |title=The Sikh Way of Life |last2=Singh |first2=Surjeet |publisher=Sanbun Publishers |year=2007 |isbn=9788189540623 |pages=16}}</ref> Bhai Mardana was born to a [[Mirasi]] [[Muslim]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=702050232&cat=&n_date=20070205|title=Pak delegation arrives to celebrate Bhai Mardana's 550 bith anniv - News - Webindia123.com|website=news.webindia123.com|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> family, a couple, Badra and Lakkho, of Rai Bhoi di Talwandi, now [[Nankana Sahib]] of [[Pakistan]]. He was the seventh born, all other children had died at birth. He had very good knowledge of music and played rabāb when Guru Nanak sung Gurbani. [[Swami Haridas]] (teacher of [[Tansen]]) was the disciple of Bhai Mardana and learnt [[Indian classical music|Classical Music]] from him.
 
==Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana==
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Mardana also wrote poetry. One of his compositions appears in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] in ''Bihagadre ki Var''<ref>[http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=553&L=4&id=24456 Shalok, Mardaanaa]</ref> along with two others of Guru Nanak's addressed to Mardana. As per the composition Mardana is convinced that an evil body may be cleansed of sin in sangat (SGGS, 553).
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Painting of Bhai Mardana, with his characteristic rabab (rebec), seated with Guru Nanak under a tree on a terrace with a green backdrop, circa 19th century.jpg|Mardana seated to the left of Nanak with his characteristic rabab
</gallery>
 
==See also==
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*[[Rababi]]
*[[Balvand Rai]]
*[[Babak (Rababi)]]
*[[Satta Doom]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://sikhdigitallibrary.blogspot.com/2015/12/gurmat-sangeet-da-pehla-rababi-bhai.html Gurmat Sangeet da Pehla Rababi Bhai Mardana -– Dr. Harbhajan Singh Sekhon]
*[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29 Article 1 on Bhai Mardana ji]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071008045158/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/mardana.html Article 2 on Bhai Mardana ji] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070105042608/http://www.sadapunjab.com/cv/Literature_On_Punjab/PUNJAB/Bhai_Mardana/index0.html Bhai Mardana] (archived)
 
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