ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BARG&#256&#7770&#298</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="BARGZ*"> <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">&#65279BARG&#256&#7770&#298, village 15 km southeast of Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257 (30º-35'N, 74º-49'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who visited it in December 1705 on his way from D&#299n&#257 to Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257. A shrine was established later on the site on the northern edge of the village where the Gur&#363 had halted. Barg&#257&#7771&#299 gained prominence in 1924 during the Jaito campaign when the first Shah&#299d&#299 Jath&#257 or band of Sikh volunteers, determined to reach Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ga&#7749gsar or meet martyrs' death, made, in its march from Amritsar, its last overnight halt at this village. The villagers served the <i>jath&#257</i> as well as the large crowd that had gathered around it during its long journey with great devotion and zeal.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Dasv&#299&#7749, inside a walled compound entered through a gateway, preserves the old sanctum, a 5-metre square room, to which a 10-metre square hall has been added in recent years. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is endowed with 20 acres of land and is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee. Besides the daily services, special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place on the first of every Bikram&#299 month, and all major anniversaries on the Sikh calendar are observed. The occasion marked by special fervour is the annual festival of Bais&#257kh&#299, birthday of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR> <li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<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>