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<p class="C1">&#65279BH&#256GALPUR (25º-14'N, 86º-58'E), a district town in Bih&#257r situated on the right bank of the River Ga&#7749g&#257, was visited by Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur in 1666. Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat on B&#363&#7771h&#257n&#257th Gh&#257&#7789, where he stayed, is now represented by a small shrine, constructed in a by-lane in 1974. It is called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur J&#299 Chauk&#299 S&#257hib. It contains a stone slab (<i>chauk&#299</i>) which, it is believed, was used by the Gur&#363 to sit on for his bath. Every month, on <i>am&#257vasy&#257</i> (the last day of the dark half of the lunar month), the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is brought here from Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 and Sikhs congregate for a <i>d&#299v&#257n</i>. An old hand-written copy of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib acquired from the former <i>mahant</i> of Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat is now kept in Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, Bh&#257galpur.</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 Teg Bah&#257dur: Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Prampar&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinn</i>. Patiala, 1976<BR>
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