ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BA&#7692&#7692O&#7748</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="BA  OD"> <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">&#65279BA&#7692&#7692O&#7748, village 10 km southeast of M&#257hilpur in Hoshi&#257rpur district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257b&#257 Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh, commemorating the visit in March 1703 of S&#257hibz&#257d&#257 Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh (1687-1705), the eldest son of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. S&#257hibz&#257d&#257 Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh, on his way back from Bass&#299 Kal&#257&#7749 where he had gone to rescue a young Br&#257hma&#7751 bride from the clutches of the local Pa&#7789h&#257n chieftain, halted here to cremate one of his warriors, Bh&#257&#299 Karam Si&#7749gh, who had been wounded in the skirmish at Bass&#299 and had since succumbed to his injuries. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 constructed by the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i> in 1928 on the site of the original shrine inside the village comprises a flat-roofed hall, with the sanctum marked off by two pillars at the far end, and a 3-metre wide verandah on three sides. It is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee and is maintained by the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>