ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BARHE</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="BARHE"> <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">&#65279BARHE, village 6 km southwest of Bu&#7693hl&#257&#7693&#257 Ma&#7751&#7693&#299 (29º-55'N, 75º-33'E) in Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who, according to the <i>S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i> spent a rainy season here, while travelling through the M&#257lv&#257 country. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur S&#257hib commemorating the visit is on the north-western outskirts of the village, near a big pond a part of which has been converted into a <i>sarovar</i>. An extensive complex has developed around the old Mañj&#299 S&#257hib, a domed room with a square platform within it, near an old va&#7751 tree. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a separate hall. There is a separate larger pavilion for holding special congregations on festival days. An annual fair is held on Nim&#257&#7751&#299 Ek&#257dash&#299 or Nirjal&#257 Ek&#257dash&#299 falling on the 11th of the brighter half of the lunar month of Je&#7789h (May-June). The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 65 acres of land and is administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a manager who is assisted by a local committee.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR> <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"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur : Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Prampar&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinn</i>. Patiala, 1976<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>