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Background

When Farid Ji was a few years old his mother taught him his prayers. The boy asked what was gained by his prayes. His mother replied 'sugar'. She used to accordingly hide some sugar under his prayer-carpet, and, when he had finished his prayers, she would draw the mat forth, and give the sugar to Farid as a reward for his devotion. On one occasion, when his mother was absent, he prayed a great deal, and, it is said, a great supply of sugar - a miraculous gift from God - was found under his carpet. Some he ate himself and the rest he gave to his playfellows. He related the circumstance to his mother on her return. It was then his mother gave him the surname Shakar Ganj, meaning a "treasury of sugar".

There are 134 hymns of Baba Farid ji incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. Continued.....