Guru Amardas Ji is a famous poet of medieval Punjabi literature, a social reformer, and the Third Guru of the Sikh religion. Guru Amardas Ji ascended the Gurugaddi in 1552 at Khadur Sahib, and the hymns of Guru Ji are recorded in the Guru Granth Sahib in the form of 891 Shabads in 17 ragas.