This encouraged him to establish "a pattern of human behavior based on divine authority" (Singh, 442). Even though Nanak was born into an upper caste family, he created a place called gurdwara, which made everyone equal and was his first duty to improve the society. The final analysis that Guru Nanak must have intended to pursue the religion of Sikhism is that he created the institution of the Guru, appointing his disciple Lehna as his new successor before he died so that the religious traditions could travel for decades to come. He didn't want his hard work and the knowledge he had already discovered to die out without being able to bring it to life