Mata Taripta Ji

The first lady in Sikh history was Mata Tripta. Who gave birth to Guru Nanak Sahib.
Background: Kalyan Das was born in October 1440 and Lal Chand in 1443 in the house of Guru Nanak Sahib’s grandfather Baba Shiv Narayan. In those days, this family lived in village Pathe Wind district of Amritsar. The village of Dera Baba Nanak is situated in the land of Pathe Wind village.
When Kalyan Das became young, he came to Rai Bhoy’s Talwandi, which is now known as Nankana Sahib and is currently in Pakistan, for employment. Kalyan Das was married in 1461 to Tripta, daughter of Bhai Rama and Mata Bhirai, resident of village Chahal district Lahore. (Mother) Tripta gave birth to (Babe) Nanaki in 1464 and (Guru) Nanak (Sahib) in 1469. Guru Nanak Sahib was born on 20 October 1469.
Guru Nanak Sahib was the successor of Akal Purakh, and his personality was ridden by God. But, childhood care came in the parts of Mata Tripta. She was the one who gave to Guru Sahib basic education, apart from this, Guru Nanak Sahib got the touch of his elder sister, great grandmother and grandmother. After a year, Guru Nanak Sahib started getting company from outsiders. Being the only son of Mata Tripta, Guru Nanak received mother’s intense love and pampering.
Not much information is available about Mata Tripta. In their hands, the son grew up, became young, got married, became the father of two sons. Mother Tripta also got the pleasure of playing with her two grandsons.
Guru Nanak Sahib stayed in Talwandi (Nankana Sahib) till 1504. Presently Shri Chand was 10 years old and Lakhmi Das was 7 years old. From 1504 to 1507, Guru Nanak stayed at Sultanpur and from 1507 to 1521 at Udasi. During this period, he met Mother perhaps only for a short time. In 1516, the last years of Mata Ji’s life passed in Kartarpur. She died here probably in 1522. Apart from this, no information is found about the Mata Taripta Ji. According to this, Mataji’s age will be around 80 years. Because, her husband was born in 1440 and her also between 1440 and 1445 and if she died at Kartarpur then it must have happened after 1522. Although, there is not much reference about Mataji in Tawarikh. But, one thing is certain that the mother of Guru Nanak Sahib would be proud, that the child she bore from her womb was a determined being. Before whom thousands of people used to bow their heads and in fact they used to raise their heads even before his mother. Mata Tripta raised her only son, saw the intelligence of the wise son, saw his determination, saw his dignity and took his last breath in her son’s arms. The green, warm, patient mother, the great Mata Tripta, the names of Mata Tripta’s father, Bhai Rama or brother Bhai Krishna are definitely mentioned, but there is no mention of their relationship with Guru Nanak Sahib.

Sikh History