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<p class="C1">&#65279KH&#298V&#298, M&#256T&#256 (d.1582), wife of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad, was the daughter of Bh&#257&#299 Dev&#299 Chand, a well-to-do Marv&#257h&#257 Khatr&#299 of village Sa&#7749gar, 4 km north of Kha&#7693&#363r S&#257hib in present-day Amritsar district of the Punjab. She was, on 15 November 1519, married to Bh&#257&#299 Lahi&#7751&#257 (later Gur&#363 A&#7749gad), then living at Kha&#7693&#363r . To her were born two sons, D&#257s&#363 and D&#257t&#363, and two daughters, Amaro and Anokh&#299. Bh&#257&#299 Lahi&#7751&#257, after his first meeting with Gur&#363 N&#257nak in 1532, left his presence but rarely. M&#257t&#257 Kh&#299v&#299 stayed behind in Kha&#7693&#363r, looking after the children. Succeeding Gur&#363 N&#257nak in 1539, Bh&#257&#299 Lahi&#7751&#257 (now Gur&#363 A&#7749gad) made Kha&#7693&#363r his principal seat. Disciples began to pour in from far and near to have a glimpse of the Gur&#363 and to receive instruction. M&#257t&#257 Kh&#299v&#299 now took it upon herself to look after the pilgrims and supervise Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, the community refectory, which remained open from morning till late in the evening. For her constant attention to it, the La&#7749gar came to be called after her name as M&#257t&#257 Kh&#299v&#299 J&#299 k&#257 La&#7749gar. Bard Balva&#7751&#7693, in his verses preserved in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, says how Kh&#299v&#299, the noblest of women, provided comfort to pilgrims like a tree with deep leafy shade and how she distributed riches in the La&#7749gar such as <i>kh&#299r</i>, i.e. rice cooked in milk, enriched with ghee which tasted like ambrosia itself (GG, 967). M&#257t&#257 Kh&#299v&#299 survived her husband to live through the times of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s and Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s. She died at Kha&#7693&#363r in 1582.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Chhibbar, Kesar Si&#7749gh, <i>Bans&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257. Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299&#257&#7749 K&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1972<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR>
<li class="C1"> Bha&#7749g&#363, Ratan Si&#7749gh, <i>Prach&#299n Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Amritsar, 1962<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Satib&#299r Si&#7749gh, <i>Qudrat&#299 N&#363r</i>.Jalandhar, 1981<BR>
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