ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BHU&#7748GARN&#298</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="BHUDGARN*"> <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">&#65279BHU&#7748GARN&#298, village near the right bank of the Jalandhar branch of the Bist Do&#257b canal, 20 km south of Hoshi&#257rpur (31º-32'N, 75º-55'E), is sacred to Gur&#363 Har R&#257i, who stayed here in the course of his journey between K&#299ratpur and Kart&#257rpur. A platform and a small shrine, established inside the village in honour of the Gur&#363's visit, was looked after for a long time by a line of Mir&#257s&#299 (Muslim bards or heralds) priests until the local Sikh <i>sa&#7749gat</i> took it over in the Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257 days. Later, a new building was raised on the site (cornerstone laid on 19 March 1917). Now known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 Gur&#363 Har R&#257i S&#257hib J&#299 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 VII, the shrine is managed by a local committee under the overall control of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Besides the daily services, special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> are held on the first of each Bikram&#299 month. The major festival of the year is Bais&#257kh&#299 which is celebrated with special eclat as the birthday of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n. d.<BR> <li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>