Guru Nanak Dev took majorly four spiritual journeys in the sub-continent to spread the message of God and humanity. He visited his parents and explained to them the importance of these journeys and then he started travelling. In the first journey, he covered most of the parts of Pakistan and India and this journey took almost 7 years i.e. from 1500 AD. to 1507 AD. He covered most parts of present-day Sri Lanka in his second journey and it also took 7 years. He covered mountain regions in his third journey such as the Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, and Tashkent. It took place from 1514 AD to 1519 AD and took almost 5 years to complete. He visited Mecca and other places in the Middle East on his fourth journey and it took 3 years. In his final journey, he spread the message in Punjab for two years.