ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>B&#298&#7770 B&#256B&#256 BU&#7692&#7692H&#256 J&#298 GURDW&#256R&#256</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*Z,BB,BU  H,GURDWR"> <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&#298&#7770 B&#256B&#256 BU&#7692&#7692H&#256 J&#298, GURDW&#256R&#256, in the revenue limits of the village of &#7788ha&#7789&#7789&#257, 20 km south of Amritsar, commemorates B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 (1506-1631), the venerable Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 N&#257nak who lived long enough to anoint five succeeding Gur&#363s. He spent many years looking after the <i>b&#299&#7771</i>, lit. a reserved forest used for cattle-grazing, said to have been offered to Gur&#363 Arjan by Chaudhar&#299 La&#7749g&#257h of Pa&#7789&#7789&#299 out of his private lands. According to <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i> it was here that M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257, the consort of Gur&#363 Arjan, received from him on 21 Ass&#363 1651 Bk/20 September 1594, the blessing for an illustrious son, the future Gur&#363 Hargobind, N&#257nak VI. Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#299&#7771 B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 S&#257hib J&#299, popularly known as simply B&#299&#7771 S&#257hib, is situated about 2 km northwest of &#7788ha&#7789&#7789&#257. The present complex was raised by B&#257b&#257 Kha&#7771ak Si&#7749gh, a follower of Sant Gurmukh Si&#7749gh Sev&#257v&#257le. The sanctum, where the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on a canopied seat of white marble, is a metre-high square platform at the far end of a rectangular hall constructed in 1951. The 70-metre square <i>sarovar</i> is to the north of this hall. A spacious <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall was added in 1975. Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar with a large dining hall and a two-storeyed residential block for pilgrims are in a separate compound. Besides, there is a <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 higher secondary school (established 1963) as well as a <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 college (established 1969), both named after B&#257b&#257 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by a local committee under the auspices of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Besides the daily prayers and the celebration of important anniversaries on the Sikh calendar, largely-attended <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place on the first of each Bikram&#299 month. The biggest function of the year is a religious fair held on 21st of Ass&#363, corresponding with 6 October.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Satib&#299r Si&#7749gh, <i>Partakh Hari</i>. Jalandhar, 1977<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>