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<p class="C1">&#65279B&#256JAK, village 30 km southwest of Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 (30º-14'N, 74º-59'E), is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who visited it in 1706. The villagers turned out with pitchers full of milk to serve him as he arrived. However, Sukkh&#363 and Buddh&#363, two <i>s&#257dh&#363s</i> of the D&#299v&#257n&#257 sect, came intent upon reprisal for the death of one of their group fatally wounded in an encounter with a Sikh. But as soon as their eyes fell on the Gur&#363, anger was gone out of their hearts. They, says the <i>S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, made obeisance before him and carried him in a palanquin for some distance as he departed.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 10, commemorating Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's visit, is at the south-western edge of the village. In the middle of a walled compound, entered through a gateway with rooms on either side, is the 8 metre square <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall in front of the flat-roofed sanctum. The 60-metre square <i>sarovar</i> is at the back in a separate compound. A local committee administers the Gurdw&#257r&#257 under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Besides the daily services, special congregations take place on every new-moon day and on all major Sikh anniversaries.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, <i>Gi&#257n&#299, Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR>
<li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an di S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR>
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