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<p class="C1">&#65279CHOHL&#256, village 4. 5 km southeast of Sirh&#257l&#299 Kal&#257&#7749 (31º - 16'N, 74º - 56'E) in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Arjan (1563-1606). The village was called Bhai&#7751&#299 when the Gur&#363 visited here. A housewife served him a delicious dish of <i>Chohl&#257</i>, broken bread mixed with sugar and butter. Gur&#363 Arjan was pleased and blessed her. He also uttered a hymn of thanks - giving with the refrain : "The Lord is our life and soul ; He cares for us everywhere in every respect. " Its last line was: "God is our wealth, His Name is our food; this, O N&#257nak, is our <i>chohl&#257</i>. " The village thereupon came to be called Chohl&#257 - Chohl&#257 S&#257hib for the devotees. There are three historical shrines in the village which, according to local tradition, was also visited by Gur&#363 Hargobind (1595-1644).</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 CHOHL&#256 S&#256HIB at the western edge of the village marks the spot where Gur&#363 Arjan sat and preached. The building comprises a marble-floored hall in front of the storeyed sanctum where Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on a canopied seat of white marble. Two Nish&#257n S&#257hibs, holy flags, fly, one at each corner, in front of the hall. A small <i>sarovar</i> has been added in recent decades. A nearby old well is believed to have existed since the time of Gur&#363 Arjan's visit.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 GUR&#362 K&#298 KO&#7788HA&#7770&#298 in the interior of the village marks the site of the house where Gur&#363 Arjan and his wife, M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257, had stayed. It is also known as M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257 J&#299 d&#257 Asth&#257n. The present building, raised during the 1980's, comprises a square hall in front of the domed sanctum topped by a gold-plated pinnacle. Here, too, is an old well that local tradition connects with Gur&#363 Arjan's time.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 B&#256B&#256 ADAL&#298, in the eastern part of the village, commemorates Bh&#257&#299 Adal&#299, a pious Sikh contemporary of the fourth and the fifth Gur&#363s, Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s and Gur&#363 Arjan. It was he who brought the famous Bh&#257&#299 Bidh&#299 Chand (d. 1640) into the Sikh fold.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	All these three Gurdw&#257r&#257s are affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. The administration is run by a local committee. Almost the entire village land, about 500 acres, is owned by the Gurdw&#257r&#257s as free grant since Mu<u>gh</u>al times.</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, 1923<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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