Bibi Rajni

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bibi Rajni

• Bibi Rajni grew up in a wealthy family.

• She was a disciple of Guru Ram Das Ji.

• She was often scolded by her father for her extreme devotion to God.

• One day, she was sitting with her sisters, admiring the clothes that their father had bought for them. While her sisters discussed how blessed they were to have such a good father, Rajni said that all those gifts were ultimately from God and their father was only an instrument of God’s goodness.

• Unfortunately, her father overheard their conversation and became so angry with Rajni that he got her married to a leper man, who was severely disfigured and had a very foul smell coming from his body. Her father taunted her that he would see how her God would help her lead a normal life with him.

• Rajni graciously accepted her fate and began working hard to support her crippled husband.

• She kept enchanting the name of God and had faith in him. She believed that God was testing her in the tough times.

• Rajni managed to earn a living for her family sometimes by doing labour work and sometimes by begging.

• Rajni usually carried her husband along with her in a basket. She took all the responsibilities- bathing and feeding her husband well in time.

• Once, while she reached a pool on her way to a neighbouring village, she placed the basket containing her husband by the side of the pool under the shade of a beri tree and went to look for food.

• Meanwhile, her husband noticed a black crow dip into the water of the pool and come out white. Surprised by the miracle, her husband crawled to the edge of the pool and managed to take a dip in the water. As soon as he came out, he found himself completely cured.

• When Rajni returned to the place, where she left her husband, she was amazed to find her husband in good health. Initially, she doubted, if he was a different person. However, her husband left one of her finger undipped, which still had the leprosy marks. After he showed his finger to Rajni, she believed him.

  

• Rajni and her husband thanked God and went to Guru Ram Das Ji to seek his blessings.

• Guru Ram Das Ji guided Rajni’s husband to start a business of trading of clothes. The business prospered well.

• Later, the place where the pool was situated became the site of Sri Harmandir Sahib.

• The beri tree near which Bibi Rajni’s husband had washed away his disorder later came to be known as the Dukh Bhanjani Beri Tree.

• A gurdwara and a women’s college at Patti are named after Bibi Rajni.

• In 1974, a film based on Rajni’s life was released under the name Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam.

  

• In 2024, a film titled Bibi Rajni, which was based on Rajni’s life was released in theatres. The Punjabi actress Roopi Gill portrayed the character of Bibi Rajni in the film.