ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#256DAM BH&#256&#298</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="DAM,BH*"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279&#256DAM, BH&#256&#298, also mentioned as Uddam in some chronicles, was, according to Gi&#257n&#299 Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>, a Siddh&#363 Ja&#7789&#7789 of Br&#257&#7771 clan living at Viñjh&#363, a village near Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 (30º-14'N, 74º-58'E). He had no male child and, advancing in years, he along with his wife came to Amritsar to devote himself to serving Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s. Besides partaking of the holy <i>sa&#7749gat</i> morning and evening, he daily brought two loads of firewood from the jungle, one of which he contributed to the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, selling part of the second to buy food for himself and storing the remainder. Once on an extremely cold night a large number of Sikhs arrived to visit the Gur&#363. As they stood shivering in the open, Bh&#257&#299 &#256dam fetched his stock of firewood and lit bonfires for them. Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s was highly pleased and bade him ask for a boon. &#256dam shyly said that he had everything he wanted except a son. The Gur&#363 gave him his blessing. It was, as goes the tradition, by the Gur&#363's blessing that Bh&#257&#299 Bhagat&#363 was born to the couple.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion. </i> Oxford, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> V&#299r S&#299&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Ash&#7789 Gur Chamatk&#257r. </i> Amritsar, 1952<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. </i> Patiala, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>