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<p class="C1">&#65279B&#256RN&#256, village in Kurukshetra district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, about 20 km southwest of Kurukshetra (29º-58'N, 76º-50'E), is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who once stopped here while journeying from Kaithal to Kurukshetra. Local tradition recalls the story of a peasant who waited upon him and to survey whose land a revenue official arrived in the village the same day. The Sikh asked the Gur&#363's permission to go and have his land measured. The Gur&#363 advised him to wait and rely on God. The surveyor measured the land thrice but was puzzled to note that it measured much less than what he had estimated. He therefore sent for the Sikh and asked him how much land he owned. The Sikh answered, "Sir, my land measures 125 <i>bigh&#257s</i>. " The officer disclosed that he had measured the land thrice, but found it each time to be no more than twenty-five <i>bigh&#257s</i>. The Sikh replied that this must be the Gur&#363's own miracle. The officer begged to see the Gur&#363. He became a disciple.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Local tradition also describes the Gur&#363's visit to B&#257rn&#257 as having occurred in response to the prayers of a childless lady who wished to present him with a garment she had stitched out of home spun cloth. Arriving in the village the Gur&#363 received the garment from her and appreciated her dedication. The woman was later blessed with a child. She and her husband, Bh&#257&#299 Suddh&#257, built a low platform on the spot where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had sat in their house. A <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was built over this memorial by Bh&#257&#299 Ude Si&#7749gh (d. 1843), the ruler of Kaithal.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<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"> 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>
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