ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BH&#256G&#298 B&#256NDAR</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="BHG*,BNDAR"> <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">&#65279BH&#256G&#298 B&#256NDAR, village 3 km north of Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo (29º-59'N, 75º-5'E), in Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ja&#7751&#7693sar, sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who visited the site during his stay at Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo. According to local tradition, the <i>ja&#7751&#7693</i> tree (<i>Prosopis spicigera</i>) and the old well in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 compound have existed since before the time of the Gur&#363's visit. The present complex replacing the old shrine was raised in 1985. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is maintained by the local community.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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"> Fauja Singh, ed. , <i>Travels of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh</i>, Patiala, 1968<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>