DAMODARI, MATA

DAMODARI, MATA (1597-1631), daughter of Narain Das, aJulka Khatri of the village of Dalla, 6 km southeast of Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district of the Punjab, was married to Guru Hargobind (1595-1644) on 15 February 1605. She gave birth to a son, Baba Gurditta (b. 1613), and a daughter, Bibi Viro (b. 1615). She died at Darauli Bhai now in Faridkot district on 13 July 1631. A small shrine on the outskirts of the village marks the site where the cremation took place.

References :

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3. Macauliffe, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909