ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>B&#298B&#298PUR KHURD</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="B*B*PUR"> <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">&#65279B&#298B&#298PUR <u>KH</u>URD, locally called B&#299pur, is a small village in Pa&#7789iala district, 8 km southeast of Ghu&#7771&#257m (30º-7'N, 76º-28'E). It has a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Nauv&#299&#7749, sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who visited the site during one of his travels through M&#257lv&#257 and B&#257&#7749gar regions. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, out in the fields, is a single rectangular room, with a 4 metre wide verandah in front, built in 1964. It is managed by a village committee. Special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place on the first of every Bikram&#299 month, and an annual festival is held on the occasion of Hol&#257 Mohall&#257, recalling the Festival of Procession at Anandpur S&#257hib in the month of March.</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> <li class="C1"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i> Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur : Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Prampar&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinn </i>. Patiala, 1976<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>