Gurmukh (an individual who faces Guru, meaning one who is within the command of Guru) is another designation of Sikh. Akali Guru Ramdas spoke of the Gurmukhs of the past thus:

The Gurmukh
A photograph of a fresco from a Gurudwara at Narangabad, Punjab
depicting the life of the great Gurmukh Dhanna who saw Vishnu in a stone

Guru Nanak wrote further of the Sanatan demigods and Avatars thus:

So finally, we say to our bigoted fanatic Sikh friends, do not be perturbed by Hindu imagery of our web sites. This is in accordance with ancient Sikh traditions. All ancient Sikh shrines were replete with these images prior to the coming of Shromani Gurudwara Parbandak Committee (S.G.P.C.) in 1925.

At such Sikh shrines as at Nurangabad of Bhai Vir Singh, where the locals have prevented the S.G.P.C. from whitewashing the ancient wall murals, one will still find numerous Sanatan images depicting Hindu deities.

Narangabad, Punjab
Photographs of various dieties from the walls of a Gurudwara at Narangabad, Punjab.
left to right: Narad Ji (the celestial bard), Viraha Avtar (the half-man half-baor incarnation of
Vishnu) and Hanuman (the half-man half-monkey companion of Lord Raam spoken of in the epic Ramayan)

So, Oh paranoid Sikh fanatic we reiterate again, if your dim intellect has not still registered, you should not be so perturbed by the Hindu imagery of our web sites this is all within Sanatan Khalsa tradition. All these images do not make us into Hindus, unless that is like the great sages such as Ramanand, Naamdev, Jaidev etc. Our Naam Simran is as above stated of that Ekh Nirankar Va-eh Guru who is variously known in the Adi Guru Durbar as Raam, Hari, Allah, Apekh, Niranjan, Gopal, Gobinda, Khuda etc. but not as Va-eh Guru.

Uma, Mahesh, Brahma and Vishnu
A wall-hanging depicting Uma (the consort of Shiva), Mahesh (also
known as Shiva, the destroyer), Vishnu (the preserver) and Brahma (the creator)

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