Karmabai
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Karmabai (1615 - 1634) was a famous Jat
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

 woman popularly known as Bhakt Shiromani Karmabai. She was born on 20 January 1615 in the family of Jiwanji Dudi
Dudi
Dudi or Dudee or Duddy or Dhuddy is a gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh in India as well as Pakistan. Dudi gotra is also found in Bhati Rajputs, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists and Bishnois.Dudi is an old tribe of Ramayana period. Dudis are Naga...

 in the village Kalwa
Kalwa, Rajasthan
Kalwa is a village in tehsil Makrana of Nagaur district in Rajasthan. It is situated at a distance of 17 km from Makrana in the west direction on Khatu-Nagaur road. This is a well-connected village by road and rail. The village was founded by Kaluji Jat of Dudi gotra. Hence the name of...

 situated in Nagaur
Nagaur
Nagaur is a city in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Nagaur District. The Nagaur city lies about midway between Jodhpur and Bikaner. It was founded by the Naga Kshatriyas.- History :...

 district. She was a strong devotee of Lord Krishna. It is common belief that she had offered 'khichada' to Lord Krishna in his presence. A folk song tells like this -

Thali bhar'r lyayi khichado upar ghee ki batki !

Jeemo mhara syam dhani jeemavai beti Jat ki !!

Karmabai took a living samādhi
Samadhi
Samadhi in Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools is a higher level of concentrated meditation, or dhyāna. In the yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali....

on 25 July 1634.
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