ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BURH&#256NPUR (21º-18'N, 76º-14'E)</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="BURHNPUR"> <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">&#65279BURH&#256NPUR (21º-18'N, 76º-14'E), a medieval walled town on the banks of the River T&#257pt&#299, is in East N&#299m&#257r (Kha&#7751&#7693w&#257) district of Madhya Pradesh. It is a railway station on the main Delhi-I&#7789&#257rs&#299-Bombay section of the Central Railway. There are two historical Sikh shrines in the town.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 SA&#7748GAT R&#256JGH&#256&#7788 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 PAHIL&#298, situated on the bank of the T&#257pt&#299, perpetuates the memory of the <i>sa&#7749gat</i> established in the wake of Gur&#363 N&#257nak's visit in the early sixteenth century. The Gur&#363 is said to have stayed at Burh&#257npur with one Bh&#257&#299 Bhagv&#257n D&#257s, who became a Sikh and who lived up to the time of Gur&#363 Hargobind. Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s who, in his <i>V&#257r&#257&#7749</i>, XI. 30, mentions the name of Bh&#257&#299 Bhagv&#257n D&#257s, also testifies to the existence of the flourishing Sikh <i>sa&#7749gat</i> at Burh&#257npur. In later times, with the coming into prominence of Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh stayed <i>en route</i> to N&#257nde&#7693, the R&#257jgh&#257&#7789 site was neglected and became almost extinct. It was re-established by one Bh&#257&#299 S&#257dh&#363 Si&#7749gh in 1938. The present building, a modest single room, was opened for pilgrims on K&#257rtik P&#363r&#7751im&#257 2014 Bk/7 November 1957.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 BA&#7770&#298 SA&#7748GAT Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, while travelling to the Deccan in company with Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h I, arrived at Burh&#257npur on 13 May 1708 and stayed there till the crossing of the T&#257pt&#299 between 11 and 14 June 1708 into the Deccan. He encamped outside the town, and the local Sikhs attended on him daily, and continued to assemble on the spot even after his departure. The site became the venue of the Burh&#257npur <i>sa&#7749gat</i> or fellowship, and came to be designated Ba&#7771&#299 Sa&#7749gat. After the sack of Mathur&#257 by Ahmad Sh&#257h Durr&#257n&#299 in 1757, Ha&#7789h&#299 Si&#7749gh, son of Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh, adopted son of M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299, settled at Burh&#257npur. Hath&#299 Si&#7749gh died leaving no male heir, but the <i>sa&#7749gat</i> continued under the guidance of Nirmal&#257 and Ud&#257s&#299 priests. Some Sikh immigrants came to Burh&#257npur from the Punjab in the 1947 upheavel and they rebuilt the shrine. The present building complex consists of a <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall, rooms for pilgrims, the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and some farm houses. Two old <i>sam&#257dh&#299s</i>, or tombs, one of Ha&#7789h&#299 Si&#7749gh and the other of his spouse still exist at the back of the <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall. A small room behind these <i>sam&#257dh&#299s</i>, called Niv&#257s Asth&#257n P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10, is inscribed to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who is believed to have stayed there at the time of his visit to Burh&#257npur.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the Gurdw&#257r&#257 is kept an old handwritten copy of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib with an inscription which is believed to be Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's autograph. Each page is decorated with exquisitely-wrought border in gold, red, green and blue colours and with floral designs.</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>