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Kabul wali mai, or the
lady from Kabul is the name chroniclers
have given to a woman who rendered devoted
service during the digging of the baoli
at Goindwal under the supervision of
Guru Amardas. Day after day says Sarup
Das Bhalla in Mahima Prakash, she toiled
away at the site,without anyone knowing
who she was, and where she had come
from. One day Guru Amar Das told the
Sikhs that lady was from Kabul and that
she had by her love of the almighty
and duty towards her husband attained
spiritual insight.
An old manuscript Mahima Prakash sri
Guru Amar Das and an inscription at
Gurdwara Haveli sahib at Goindwal mention
a lady being in charge of the Manji
or Sikh centre at Kabul they give her
name to be Mai Sevan.
Unfortunately nothing else is known
about such great soul. There are million
other such great souls who through the
years have tirelessly, effortlessly
worked hard to uplift sikhs and Sikhism.
Copyright © Harbans Singh "The
encyclopedia of Sikhism.
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