Mai Desan Sandhu, resident of Patti (district Amritsar), was a childless woman. Once she visited Guru Hargobind Sahib and told him about her desire for a child. Guru Sahib asked her to remain content with what God had blessed her and wait for His Orders. Later, she was blessed with seven sons.
Some fiction writer added a story that she presented a paper to the guru to grant her the gift of one son; and, when the Guru was going to write the figure of 1 for one son, the horse suddenly moved and the figure of 1 turned into 7; hence she gave birth to 7 sons. Many such gossips have been concocted by some writers.
The descendants of Mai Desan, now, inhabit the village of Chabba, about eight km from Amritsar. Gurdwara Sangrana Sahib (the railway station, near the Gurdwara, is also called Sangrana Sahib) has been built at the spot where Mai Desan visited Guru Sahib. Mai Desan has been mentioned as Mai Sulakkhani too.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)