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<p class="C1">&#65279CHHATTI&#256&#7750&#256, village 14 km north of Gidda&#7771b&#257h&#257 (32º-12'N, 74º-39'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, claims an historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Guptsar, sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who visited here after the battle of Muktsar (1706). Here warriors of the Br&#257&#7771 clan received payment for the services they had rendered to the Gur&#363. One who declined was Bh&#257&#299 D&#257n Si&#7749gh. To quote an old chronicle, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, "Bestow on me <i>s&#299kkh&#299</i> (the Sikh faith), if you please; I have no other desire, " begged he. The Gur&#363 administered to him the rites of initiation. There was also a Muslim recluse, Ibr&#257h&#299m, who lived atop a sandy mound near by and was admitted to the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 fold. He was renamed Ajmer Si&#7749gh after initiation.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Gurdw&#257r&#257 Guptsar, reconstructed during the 1970's, is a high-ceilinged hall with the sanctum at the far end. Above the sanctum are two storeys of square pavilions topped by a lotus dome with an electroplated pinnacle. To the east of the hall is the <i>sarovar</i> (holy tank) and to the south the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar (community kitchen) and a row of residential rooms. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns eight acres of farming land and is controlled by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p>
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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, 1928<BR>
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