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<p class="C1">&#65279BHADAU&#7770, a small town 25 km northwest of Barn&#257l&#257 (30º-22'N, 75º-32'E) in Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who came here from D&#299n&#257 in December 1705 following the chase. The area was then an uninhabited jungle land, and it was only after the village of Bhadau&#7771 was founded by B&#257b&#257 &#256l&#257 Si&#7749gh, eighteenth-century Sikh warrior and noble, that a shrine commemorating the Gur&#363's visit was established here. Local tradition had also preserved the memory of Gur&#363 Hargobind having passed through this place so that the shrine was designated as Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhem&#299 Ate Dasm&#299 (Andr&#363n&#299 Qil&#257), i. e. the holy <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> dedicated to the Sixth and the Tenth Gur&#363s, located inside the fort. Only a few traces remain of the fort and there are now two different historical shrines in the town.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 S&#256HIB ANDR&#362N&#298 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 10, marking the site of the original shrine inside the town is a small building, the sanctum with a hall in front. A sword and a dagger, believed to have come down from Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, are kept here as sacred relics. The hilt of the sword has the Gurmukh&#299 inscription : Sr&#299 Ak&#257l Sah&#257i P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10. Its blade too has some numerals and legends inscribed on one side and a round seal in Persian on the other.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 S&#256HIB BAIR&#362N&#298 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 6, half a kilometre west of the town, was known as Sam&#257dh Bh&#257&#299 Charan D&#257s, until it was acquired by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee during the 1970's and converted into a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> dedicated to the Sixth Gur&#363. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is now seated in the old <i>sam&#257dh</i> in the centre of what was once a <i>havel&#299</i> or a high-walled house entered through a high gateway which is still intact. An annual religious fair is held here on the occasion of Bais&#257kh&#299.</p>
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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"> &#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"> Grewal, J. S. , and S. S. Bal, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>, Chandigarh, 1967<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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