Mata Gujri
Mata Gujri | |
|---|---|
ਮਾਤਾ ਗੁਜਰੀ | |
 Newborn Gobind Rai cradled by Mata Gujari (top-right) during celebrations led by female musicians in Patna | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Gujri Subhiki 1624 |
| Died | 1705 (aged 81) Sirhind, Punjab (present-day Fatehgarh Sahib) |
| Cause of death | Hypothermia |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Spouse | Guru Tegh Bahadur (wedded on 4 February 1633) |
| Children | Guru Gobind Singh |
| Parents |
|
Mata Gujri (Gurmukhi: ਮਾਤਾ ਗੁਜਰੀ; mātā gujarī; 1624–1705), also spelt as Mata Gujari, was the wife of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhism, and the mother of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism.[1] She played a central role in the history of Sikhism and is one of the four consorts bestowed with the title of Guru-Mahal.[2]
Biography
Early life
Mata Gujri was born to Bhāī Lāl Chand, a Subhikkhī Khatri[3] and Bishan Kaur, who lived at Kartarpur.[4]
She was betrothed to Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1629 when he visited Kartarpur for the marriage celebrations of his brother, Suraj Mal. She married Guru Tegh Bahadur at Kartarpur on 4 February 1633 and joined her husband's family in Amritsar. In 1635 the family moved to Kiratpur and, on the death in 1644 of Guru Tegh Bahadur's father, Guru Hargobind, Mata Gujri moved with her husband and mother-in-law, Mata Nanaki, to Bakala, near Amritsar.[5]
| Part of a series on |
| Sikhism |
|---|
 |
Soon after he was installed as Guru in 1664, Guru Tegh Bahadur founded a new village, which he called Chakk Nanaki, after his mother. The place, now a city, is now known as Anandpur Sahib. Not long after this, the Guru set out on a long journey, leaving his wife and mother-in-law at Patna.[4]
On 22 December 1666 Mata Gujri gave birth to Gobind Rai, who later became Guru Gobind Singh.
Later life
During the evacuation of Anandpur during the
It is said that Todar Mal of Sirhind paid heavy price of gold coins standing on their edge to recover the bodies of Mata Gujri and the Sahibzades.[7]
Legacy
Her father's ancestral village was Lakhnaur Sahib, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Ambala in Haryana, where the road from Ambala to popular pilgrimage site of Gurudawara Lakhnaur Sahib was named after her by the BJP Government of Haryana in 2017.[8][4]
See also
References
Citation
- ^ "ਗੁਜਰੀ ਮਾਤਾ - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੀਡੀਆ" [Mata Gujri]. punjabipedia.org (in Punjabi). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ISBN 9788185484112.
Mata Bhani, Mata Ganga, Mata Kishan Kaur and Mata Gujri, are the four consorts who were honoured as the Guru Mahals.
- ISBN 978-81-269-0858-5.
...Gujri, the daughter of Lal Chand, a Subhikhi Khatri of Lakhnaur near Ambala who had migrated and settled at Kartarpur.
- ^ )
- ^ a b Banerjee, A. C. "GUJARĪ, MĀTĀ (1624-1705)". Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Punjabi University Patiala. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9788126908585.
- ^ Dahiya 2014, p. 185.
- The Tribune, 12 February 2017.
Sources
- Dahiya, Amardeep S. (2014), Founder of the Khalsa: The Life and Times of Guru Gobind Singh, Hay House, ISBN 978-93-81398-53-1
