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<p class="C1">&#65279BHAGT&#256 or Bhagt&#257 Bh&#257&#299 K&#257, village 20 km east to Jaito (30º-26'N, 74º-53'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, was founded during the latter half of the seventeenth century by Bh&#257&#299 Bhagt&#257, grandson of Bh&#257&#299 Bahilo (1553-1643) a leading Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Arjan. As Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh visited the village in December 1705, the five sons of the founder-Gurd&#257s, T&#257r&#257, Bh&#257r&#257, Mohr&#257 and Bhagt&#257-served him with devotion. Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, records a popular legend according to which Bh&#257&#299 Bhagt&#257 had a well sunk with the help of spirits which were still held in captivity by his sons. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, says Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, instructed them not to meddle with the supernatural and to set the spirits free. An old well in a corner of the compound of the historical Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10 at the northern end of the village is still known as Bh&#363t&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 Kh&#363h or the well of the spirits. The old shrine is a small domed room with a platform in the middle of it. The new Gurdw&#257r&#257 building on a high plinth is a 15-metre square hall with the sanctum at one end and a verandah on three sides. A suite of rooms for the <i>granth&#299</i> and four rooms in a row for pilgrims and travellers complete the complex which is entered through a high gateway. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, endowed with agricultural lands, is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee. Besides the daily services, special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place on the first of every Bikr&#257m&#299 month, and on all major Sikh anniversaries. The largest-attended is the annual celebration on the 1st of M&#257gh (mid-January).</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR>
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