ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BEERWAH (pronounced B&#299rv&#257h)</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="BEERWAH"> <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">&#65279BEERWAH (pronounced B&#299rv&#257h), a sub-divisional town in Badg&#257m district of Jamm&#363 and Kashm&#299r, 35 km southwest of Sr&#299nagar (34º-5'N, 74º-50'E), claims a historical Sikh shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 N&#257nak Charan Asth&#257n D&#363khniv&#257ra&#7749, commemorating the visit of Gur&#363 N&#257nak to these parts in the early years of the sixteenth century. The old building was washed away by floods in 1948. Only a single small room served as the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> until the present double-storeyed building was constructed in 1975. Situated on the bank of the rivulet Sukhn&#257l&#257, south of the town, the shrine has a <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall on the first floor, with the sanctum in the middle. A separate room to the east of the main building serves as Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by the Jamm&#363 and Kashm&#299r Gurdw&#257r&#257 Prabandhak Board through its Badg&#257m district committee.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>