ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BAHI&#7770V&#256L</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="BAHIZVL"> <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">&#65279BAHI&#7770V&#256L, village in Ch&#363&#7751&#299&#257&#7749 <i>tahs&#299l</i> (sub-division) of Lahore district of Pakistan, is sacred to Gur&#363 Arjan (1563-1606), who once visited it during his travels in these parts. According to tradition, as the Gur&#363 arrived here from Jambar in the north, he met a poor peasant, Hem&#257, at a well just outside the village and asked him for water to drink. Bh&#257&#299 Hem&#257 said, "The water of this well is brackish and not fit to drink. But I shall run to the village and fetch sweet water for you. " "No, brother, " said the Gur&#363, "You should not take the trouble. The water of this well would do. " It is said that the water drawn from the well was found to be sweet. Hem&#257 fell at the Gur&#363's feet and sought instruction.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 V marked the site where the Gur&#363 had sojourned. The building raised during the 1930's comprised a flat-roofed hall with a verandah in front, inside a walled compound entered through a high gateway. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 was administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar, through a local committee. A largely-attended annual fair used to be held on the occasion of Poh <i>sud&#299</i> 7, the birth anniversary of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, falling in December-January. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 was abandoned in the wake of migrations caused by the partition of the Punjab in 1947.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>