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<p class="C1">&#65279B&#256SARKE GILL&#256&#7748, village 12 km southwest of Amritsar (31º-38'N, 74º-52'E) on the Chhehar&#7789&#257-Jhab&#257l link road, is sacred to Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s, N&#257nak III, who was born here on 5 May 1479. There are three historical shrines in the village.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 JANAM ASTH&#256N, a small shrine privately managed, is situated on the site of the old village B&#257sarke, now extinct, to the north of the present habitation. It marks the ancestral house and birthplace of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 SANNH S&#256HIB, the premier shrine here, is also outside the village, 200 metres to the northeast of it. It marks the room where, according to tradition, Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s coming from Goindv&#257l had shut himself, because D&#257t&#363, the son of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad, had objected to his succeeding his father as Gur&#363. Before the Gur&#363 sat down in solitary meditation, he had hung a notice at its locked door saying that anyone who opened the door would earn his displeasure. When B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257, leading a <i>sa&#7749gat</i> anxious to see the Gur&#363, came and saw the notice, he entered through a <i>sannh</i>, lit. hole in the wall as made by burglars, from the rear, and, apologizing for the act, entreated the Gur&#363 not to hide himself from the <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, his followers and devotees. Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s, amused at B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257's stratagem, returned with him to Goindv&#257l. The room with the wall broken through was preserved as such by Sikhs as a consecrated place of pilgrimage. Sard&#257r Lahi&#7751&#257 Si&#7749gh Maj&#299&#7789h&#299&#257 (d. 1854) converted it into a proper <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. The present complex spreading over six acres including a congregation hall with its pinnacled dome over the sanctum, <i>sarovar</i>, Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, residential accommodation and parks, was constructed by B&#257b&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh Sev&#257vale during the 1950's. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. An annual fair is held on the full-moon day of Bh&#257do&#7749 (September) to mark the death anniversary of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAM&#256DH B&#298B&#298 AMARO D&#298, near the village pond north of the village, is a memorial to B&#299b&#299 Amaro, daughter of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad who was married to Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s's nephew. It was through her that Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s became acquainted with the sayings of the Gur&#363s which led him to the presence of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad at Kha&#7693&#363r .</p>
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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>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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