ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AL&#298 SHER</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="AL*,SHER"> <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'AL&#298 SHER, village 18 km north of M&#257ns&#257 (29º-59'N, 75º-23'E) in Bathi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, was visited by Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur during his travels in the M&#257lv&#257 region. Arriving from Pandher, he sat outside the village. The <i>pañch&#257yat</i>, or village elders, of Pandher, who had shown little attention to him in their own village, on realizing their error came to 'Al&#299 Sher to ask for pardon. They brought with them offerings of <i>gu&#7771</i> (jaggery) and money. On the way they met a person who was returning after seeing the Gur&#363. They asked his advice as to what offerings they might present to the Gur&#363 to have their lapse condoned. He replied, "None. The Gur&#363 is compassionate. He overlooks the faults of others. " The residents of Pandher distributed amongst themselves the <i>gu&#7771</i> and money they had brought, and went to the Gur&#363 empty handed. The Gur&#363 instructed them in the path of virtue and honest living.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The shrine established in memory of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur was developed into a proper <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> during the nineteenth century and was endowed by the rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 in whose territory 'Al&#299 Sher lay. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 now owns 12 acres of land and is administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Singh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR> <li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>