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Birth Place of Mata Sundri
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Spouse(s) | Guru Gobind Singh |
Children | Sahibzada Ajit Singh |
Parent(s) | Ram Saran, a Khatri of Bajwara |
Mātā Sundarī (Gurmukhī alphabet: ਮਾਤਾ ਸੁੰਦਰੀ, Shahmukhī alphabet: ماتا سندری) was the daughter of Ram Sarana, a Kumarav Khatri of Bijwara, in present-day Hoshiārpur district. She was the second wife of Guru Gobind Singh. The couple married at Anandpur on 4 April 1684 and had one son, Sahibzada Ajit Singh, born at Pāoṇṭā on 26 January 1687.
She holds a special place in Sikhism for the role she played in leading Sikhs after the ascension of Guru Gobind Singh.