ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ALL&#256H&#256B&#256D (25º-28'N, 81º-50'E)</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="ALLHBD"> <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">&#65279ALL&#256H&#256B&#256D (25º-28'N, 81º-50'E), Pray&#257g before the reign of Emperor Akbar, was visited by Gur&#363 N&#257nak in the course of his first preaching journey to the east in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. In 1666, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur visited the town and stayed in the house of a devotee in Mohall&#257 Aih&#299y&#257pur. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tap Asth&#257n (Pakk&#299 Sa&#7749gat) Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur J&#299 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 9 marks the place where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had put up. It became a centre for the congregation of Sikh devotees and was called Pakk&#299 Sa&#7749gat (Permanent Congregation). Later it came to be served by Nirmal&#257 priests who still administer it. Mahant Pr&#299tam Si&#7749gh (d. 1972) rebuilt the shrine in 1965. A domed two-storeyed gateway leads to the <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall where the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a marble <i>p&#257lak&#299</i>. One of the side rooms has a large portrait of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur placed on a square platform. This is meant to mark the apartment used by the Gur&#363 as a bedroom at the time of his visit.</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 Si&#7749gh <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Randhir, G. S. , <i>Sikh Shrines in India</i>. Delhi. 1990<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>