ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BIRK</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="BIRK"> <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">&#65279BIRK, village 10 km northeast of Jagr&#257o&#7749 (30º-7'N, 75º-28'E) in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district, is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind who travelling in 1631 arrived here from Siddhv&#257&#7749 Kal&#257&#7749. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, called Mañj&#299 S&#257hib Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299, is outside the village to the southwest of it. The present complex raised in the 1970's, has a 15-metre square hall, with a pavilion of the same size in front. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a glass-panelled square room in the centre of the hall. A lotus dome covered with white and green glazed tile chips in mosaic pattern tops the three storeys of the square pavilions above the sanctum. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is also seated in the older building, a flat-roofed structure with a vaulted ceiling. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is managed by a village committee. The biggest festival of the year comes off on 18 S&#257van, marking Gur&#363 Hargobind's visit three and a half centuries ago.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>