Bibi Viro

Bibi Viro Ji was the only daughter of Sri Guru Hargobind Ji (1595-1644) and Mata Damodari.

Bibi Viro was born at Amritsar on ll July 1615. She was married to Bhai Sadhu, son of Bhai Dharma, a Khosla Khatri of the village of Malla. She was deeply religious and as well as a warrior in the mould of her Brother like Tyag Mall (Guru Tegh Bahadur).

Bibi Viro was married on 14 May 1699 at Jhabal, 15 km southwest of Amritsar. She was the mother of five sons:

Sango Shah,
Jit Mall,
Gulab Chand,
Mahri Chand and
Galiga Ram.

She raised them very well and with deep Sikh values.

All the five sons took part in a battle fought on 18 September 1688, between Guru Gobind Singh and Raja Fateh Shah of Srinagar (Garhval) at Bhangani, 11 km from Paonta Sahib, in the present Sirmur district of Himachal Pradesh, Sango Shah and Jit Mall dying in action.

Article from Encyclopedia of Sikhism.

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  Gurdwara Sri Bibi Viro

  Chabal Kalan, Tarn Taran, Punjab, India

  Associated with Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, Bibi Viro Ji.

  Bibi Viro Ji was the only daughter of Sri Guru Hargobind Ji and Mata Damodari, her marriage to Bhai Sadhu took place here.

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