Mātā Jīto was the first of three wives of the last Sikh guru Gobind Singh

Gobind Singh

Gobind Singh VC was an Indian soldier, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest Commonwealth award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy", during the First World War....

 Mata Jito was the daughter of Harjas Bhikia of Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

. She married the guru on 21 June, 1677. The couple had three children together: Zorawar Singh

Sahibzada Zorawar Singh

Sahibzada Zorawar Singh was the third of Guru Gobind Singh's four sons. He and his younger brother, Sahibzada Fateh Singh are among the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism....

, Jujhar Singh

Sahibzada Jujhar Singh

Sahibzada Jujhar Singh , the second son of Guru Gobind Singh, was born to Mata Jito at Anandpur Sahib on March 14, 1691...

 and Fateh Singh

Sahibzada Fateh Singh

Sahibzada Fateh Singh was the youngest of Guru Gobind Singh's four sons. He and his older brother, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh are among the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism. He is also known as Baba Fateh Singh...

. Very little is known of her life outside the event that marked the birth of Sikhism

Sikhism

Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

. She was the one to add patāsā (flat sugar pills) in amrit (nector of immortality) that was prepared to celebrate the birth of khālsā (formal Sikhism) in 1699.

Denial

Sikhism is a monotheistic and monogamous religion and as a consequence it is common among orthodox Sikhs

Sikhism

Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

 to dismiss the very idea of a guru marrying more than once. According to the proponents of this view, Mata Jito was the maiden name of Mata Sundari

Mata Sundari

Mātā Jīto was the first of three wives of the last Sikh guru Gobind Singh Mata Jito was the daughter of Harjas Bhikia of Lahore. She married the guru on 21 June, 1677. The couple had three children together: Zorawar Singh, Jujhar Singh and Fateh Singh. Very little is known of her life outside the...

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See also

• Mata Sundari
  Mata Sundari
  Mātā Jīto was the first of three wives of the last Sikh guru Gobind Singh Mata Jito was the daughter of Harjas Bhikia of Lahore. She married the guru on 21 June, 1677. The couple had three children together: Zorawar Singh, Jujhar Singh and Fateh Singh. Very little is known of her life outside the...
  
  
• Mata Sahib Kaur
  Mata Sahib Kaur
  Mata Sahib Kaur was the third wife of the tenth Sikh guru Gobind Singh. Born Sahib Devan, she was the daughter of Ramu of Rohtas. She did not have any child with Guru Gobind Singh, but she was declared as the mother of all the baptised Sikhs ....
  
  
• Gurdwara Mata Sundri
  Gurdwara Mata Sundri
  Gurdwara Mata Sundari is a historic Gurdwara in New Delhi. It is named after Mata Sundari, wife of last Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh, a mother figure in Sikh history....