ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BAS&#256L&#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="BASL*"> <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">&#65279BAS&#256L&#298, village about 20 km southwest of K&#299ratpur (31º-11'N, 76º-35'E) in Ropa&#7771 district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363 Chau&#7749k&#299 Jh&#299&#7771&#257 S&#257hib, dedicated to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who after the battle of Nirmohga&#7771h in October 1700 stayed here for several days at the invitation of the chief of Bas&#257l&#299. The original shrine inside the <i>havel&#299</i> or fortified house of the chief is no longer in existence. The present complex of the Gurdw&#257r&#257, south of the village, was raised in 1982. It has two separate three-storeyed domed structures and a flat-roofed hall. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in one of the domed buildings, and the other contains a relic, a <i>chaunk&#299</i> or low wooden seat, believed to be the one on which Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh used to sit for meditation or while preaching. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is maintained by the local <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, i. e. Sikh community.</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, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>