Khivi ( pa, ਮਾਤਾ ਖੀਵੀ) (1506–1582) also referred to as Mata Khivi or Bibi Khivi was the wife of the second
Sikh guru
The Sikh gurus ( Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the found ...
Angad, best known for establishing the
Sikh tradition of
langar Langar may refer to:
Community eating
*Langar (Sikhism)
* Langar (Sufism)
Places
Afghanistan
*Langar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
* Langar, Bamyan, Afghanistan
* Langar, Faryab, Afghanistan
* Langar, Herat, Afghanistan
* Langar, Wardak, Afghanis ...
or free kitchen.
Early life
Khivi was born in 1506 into a Marwaha Khatri family to Devi Chand and Karan Devi in village Sangar Kot near
Khadoor Sahib. Devi Chand was a businessman and money lender. She was married to
Lehna, a resident of Khadoor Sahib in 1519 at the age of 13, who went on to become second guru of
Sikhs and was named Guru Angad Dev. The couple had four children; two sons Datu and Dasu and two daughters Anokhi and Bibi Amro. According to some sources, the couple only had three children (omitting Anokhi). Khivi lived for 30 years after her husband's death to the age of 75.
Langar service
After
Guru Nanak
Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: , ), also referred to as ('father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated w ...
's initiation, Khivi continued the system of langar or free kitchen and administered it. It was popularly known as ''Mata Khivi ji da Langar'' (Mother Khivi's langar) and she was monumental in institutionalising the Sikh tradition of langar.
She was also instrumental in making the
Sewa (service) tradition in
Sikh temples.
See also
*
Langar Langar may refer to:
Community eating
*Langar (Sikhism)
* Langar (Sufism)
Places
Afghanistan
*Langar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
* Langar, Bamyan, Afghanistan
* Langar, Faryab, Afghanistan
* Langar, Herat, Afghanistan
* Langar, Wardak, Afghanis ...
References
External links
Biography
1506 births
1582 deaths
Family members of the Sikh gurus
Punjabi people
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