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<p class="C1">&#65279&#256HRAUR&#256, a small town in Mirz&#257pur district of Uttar Pradesh, 40 km south of V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299 (25º-20'N, 82º-58'E), has a Sikh shrine called Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257<u>gh</u> Shr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur J&#299 K&#257. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur visited &#256hraur&#257 in 1666 in the course of his journey in the eastern parts. It is said that he told a devotee, Bh&#257&#299 S&#257dhoj&#299, to plant a tree. This was the beginning of a garden which still exists. From this garden (<i>b&#257<u>gh</u></i>), the Gurdw&#257r&#257 derives its name. A closet called Niv&#257s Sth&#257n marks the room in which Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur is said to have stayed. The shrine is registered as Shr&#299 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 and is managed by a local committee. There is a handwritten copy of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, transcribed in 1799 Bk/AD 1742, kept in the private house of the <i>granth&#299</i>. A small slip, supposed to contain Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's autograph, is pasted on it. Another handwritten <i>poth&#299</i> with a similar autograph, is in the possession of another individual, H&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh. He has even built a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> named Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299 Daskhat&#299 S&#257hib in honour of the <i>poth&#299</i>, but keeps the volume in his house and displays it in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 only on special occasions.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Teg Bah&#257dur, Yatr&#257 Asth&#257n, Pramprav&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinn</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR>
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