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<p class="C1">&#65279&#7692ARAUL&#298 BH&#256&#298, Bh&#257&#299 k&#299 &#7692araul&#299, or simply &#7692araul&#299, . village 14 km west of Mog&#257 (30º-48'N, 75º-10'E), in Far&#299dko&#7789 district is sacred to Gur&#363 Hargobind who stayed here for fairly long periods on more than one occasion. His brother-in-law, Bh&#257&#299 S&#257&#299&#7749 D&#257s, the husband of M&#257t&#257 Damodar&#299's elder sister, M&#257&#299 R&#257mo&#7749, lived in &#7692araul&#299. The couple were more than mere relations of the Gur&#363; they were his devoted disciples and felt honoured in rendering service to him. Bh&#257&#299 S&#257&#299&#7749 D&#257s had built a new house, but would not occupy it until the Gur&#363 had come and stayed in it. Their heart's desire was fulfilled when Gur&#363 Hargobind and his family arrived at &#7692araul&#299 in 1613. The Gur&#363's eldest son, B&#257b&#257 Gurditt&#257, was born here on 15 November 1613. The second long stay of the Gur&#363 at Daraul&#299, in 1631, ended sadly. M&#257t&#257 Damodari, M&#257&#299 R&#257mo&#7749, Bh&#257&#299 S&#257&#299&#7749 D&#257s and the Gur&#363's parents-in-law, Bh&#257&#299 Narai&#7751 D&#257s and M&#257t&#257 Day&#257 Kaur, died one after the other within a few days. After performing the obsequies, Gur&#363 Hargobind sent his own family to Kart&#257rpur with B&#257b&#257 Gurditt&#257, and himself went towards Bh&#257&#299 R&#363p&#257. The memory of the holy family was perpetuated in &#7692araul&#299 through the establishment of several shrines, now being controlled by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>A&#7748G&#298&#7788H&#256 (SAM&#256DH) M&#256T&#256 DAMODAR&#298 J&#298</i>, a small shrine, marks the spot where M&#257t&#257 Damodar&#299, her parents and her sister and her sister's husband were cremated.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 DAMDAM&#256 S&#256HIB P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 CHHEV&#298&#7748 marks the site where Gur&#363 Hargobind had set up camp and where he used to call religious assemblies. The present building, constructed in 1963, consists of a large marble-floored hall, with a square sanctum in the middle. There are two storeys of square rooms and a lotus dome above the sanctum. There are decorative domes and domed pavilions at the corners of the hall. The <i>sarovar</i>, holy tank, on a flank and lined with old type bricks, is of much older construction.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JANAM ASTH&#256N B&#256B&#256 GURDITT&#256 J&#298 is inside the village, in the midst of an extensive compound that was once the <i>havel&#299</i> of Bh&#257&#299 S&#257&#299&#7749 D&#257s. Constructed in 1970, the central building, in which the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is placed, is a circular hall on a high plinth, with four storeys of square rooms rising above it topped by a lotus dome and a golden pinnacle.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GUR&#362 K&#256 KH&#362H is an old well believed to have been sunk under the orders of Gur&#363 Hargobind himself.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The relics, preserved in a private house near Janam Asth&#257n B&#257b&#257 Gurditt&#257 J&#299, include a rosary with eight glass beads, a small scrubber, a huge wooden box, three letters and four garments. A volume of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib known as Bh&#257&#299 Nand Chand V&#257l&#299 B&#299r, is also preserved here. Bh&#257&#299 Nand Chand was the <i>masand</i> of &#7692araul&#299 during Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's time. He was a reputed warrior who had fought bravely in the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Chhev&#299&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299tath 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>
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