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<p class="C1">&#65279BHIR&#256&#298, M&#256&#298, spelt by some chroniclers also as Bhar&#257&#299 and Vir&#299&#257, who belonged to Matte d&#299 Sar&#257i, the birthplace of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad (1504-52), was married to Bh&#257&#299 Mahim&#257, a Khahir&#257 Ja&#7789&#7789 of Kha&#7693&#363r (S&#257hib) in Amritsar district of the Punjab. She was like a sister to Bh&#257&#299 Pher&#363 Mall, the Gur&#363's father, who too had made Kha&#7693&#363r his home. According to Sar&#363p D&#257s. Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, after A&#7749gad (formerly Lahi&#7751&#257) had been nominated by Gur&#363 N&#257nak to be his spiritual successor at Kart&#257rpur in 1539 and advised to return to Kha&#7693&#363r, the former instead of going back to his own home went to M&#257&#299 Bhir&#257&#299's and stayed there for some time in seclusion, immersed in deep meditation. After the passing away of Gur&#363 N&#257nak, the disciples, led by the venerable Bh&#257&#299 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257, found him in the room in which he had locked himself and persuaded him to come out to assume charge of the <i>sa&#7749gat</i>. A tall edifice, Gurdw&#257r&#257 M&#257&#299 Bhir&#257&#299, now marks the site where the Ma&#299'rs house once stood.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> KHA&#7692&#362R S&#256HIB</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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