ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>CH&#362HA&#7770V&#256L</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="CHjHAZVL"> <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">&#65279CH&#362HA&#7770V&#256L, village 11 km west of Chamkaur S&#257hib (30º - 53'N, 76º - 25'E), has a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> called Jh&#257&#7771 S&#257hib, dedicated to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who quitting Chamkaur on the night of 7 December 1705, reached this spot. In a cluster of thorny bushes (Jh&#257&#7771) here, he relaxed for a while before resuming his journey further west. A shrine was later established to mark the site. A land grant of 75 <i>bigh&#257s</i>, made to it by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, has been continued by successive governments. The old building has, however, been replaced by a new complex constructed during the fifties of the present century, under the supervision of Sant Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The central three-storeyed building is on a raised plinth and has a square hall on the ground floor, with the sanctum in the centre. The roof is decorated with domed pavilions at corners and at mid-points of the walls. There are halls on the first and second floors as well. The domes at different levels have ornamental gilded pinnacles. Further to the west is a small <i>sarovar</i>, i. e. holy tank. A row of rooms to the north houses the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 girls college. Another component of the complex is a hall raised on the spot where Sant Pi&#257ra Si&#7749gh, who died on 7 August 1965, was cremated.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gurdw&#257r&#257 Jh&#257&#7771 S&#257hib is controlled by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a managing committee functioning at M&#257chh&#299v&#257&#7771&#257.</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, 1928<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>