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<p class="C1">&#65279BALL&#362, BH&#256&#298, a barber who embraced the Sikh faith at the hands of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad came into prominence in the time of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. When Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s, after being consecrated Gur&#363 by Gur&#363 A&#7749gad, retired to Goindv&#257l and shut himself in a room to meditate in seclusion, Bh&#257&#299 Ball&#363, at the instance of <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, anxious for a sight of the Gur&#363, persuaded him to come out of his solitude. Ball&#363 accompanied the Gur&#363 during visits to Kurukshetra and Haridv&#257r. According to Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, when Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s composed the famous hymn, <i>Anandu</i>, on the occasion of the birth of his grandson, Anand, Bh&#257&#299 Ball&#363 sang it at his command to the beat of a drum. He also joined hands with Bh&#257&#299 P&#257ro in inaugurating, with the Gur&#363's approval, an annual fair at Goindv&#257l to celebrate Bais&#257kh&#299. Lastly, when Emperor Akbar met Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s and wanted to make an endowment for Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, an offer politely turned down by the Gur&#363, it was at Bh&#257&#299 Ball&#363's suggestion that the emperor made a gift of some land to the Gur&#363's daughter, B&#299b&#299 Bh&#257n&#299. It was on this site that the holy city of Amritsar was laid out by the third Gur&#363's successor, Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s, N&#257nak IV.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Dil<br></p><BR>
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