ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DELHI</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="DELHI"> <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">&#65279DELHI, also called Dill&#299 (28º-40'N, 77º-13'E), the; capital of India, is also connected with Sikh history. The first, sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth Gur&#363s visited it. M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299 and M&#257t&#257 S&#257hib Dev&#257&#7749, consorts of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, stayed here for a long time before and after the death of the Gur&#363. A Sikh <i>sa&#7749gat</i> existed in what came to be known as K&#363ch&#257 Dilv&#257l&#299 Si&#7749gh&#257&#7749 in Old Delhi. After the downfall of the Mu<u>gh</u>al empire and the rise of Sikh power in the Punjab during the latter half of the eighteenth century, the confederated armies of the Dal <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 extended their area of operations right up to the walls of the metropolis, and in March 1783 they ransacked Malk&#257 Gañj and Sabz&#299 Ma&#7751&#7693&#299 and actually entered the Red Fort on 11 March 1783. The helpless Mu<u>gh</u>al emperor Sh&#257h '&#256lam II sought mediation by Begam Samr&#363 and came to terms with the Sikhs, who agreed to retire with their main force to the Punjab provided Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh of Karo&#7771si&#7749gh&#299&#257 <i>misl</i> was permitted to stay on in the capital with 4, 000 men till the construction of <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> on sites of historical importance to the Sikhs was completed. To meet the expenses, Baghel Si&#7749gh was authorized to charge six <i>&#257nn&#257s</i> in a rupee (37. 5 per cent) of all income from octroi duties in the capital. During his stay in the capital from March to December 1783, Baghel Si&#7749gh located seven sites and constructed <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> upon them. Besides these seven, another historical shrine, N&#257nak Pi&#257o, was already in existence on the outskirts of Delhi. Another, Damdam&#257 S&#257hib, dedicated to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh was established later. Like most other historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i>, these Delhi shrines had been administered severally by hereditary <i>mahant</i> families till the rise of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 reform movement in the Punjab during the early 1920's. The Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee sent a deputation comprising D&#257n Si&#7749gh Vachho&#257, Harba&#7749s Si&#7749gh S&#299st&#257n&#299 and Gurdit Si&#7749gh to negotiate with the <i>mahants</i> the transfer of <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> to Panthic management. Mahant Har&#299 Si&#7749gh, B. A. , head priest of Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#299s Gañj S&#257hib was the first to hand over the Gurdw&#257r&#257 and its property to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee on 19 December 1922. The <i>mahants</i> of most other historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> at Delhi followed suit. The committee appointed, on 19 March 1923, a managing committee comprising Raghb&#299r Si&#7749gh and Bah&#257dur Si&#7749gh. , an engineer, to take over the administration. Later, in March 1926, an 11-member committee, designated the Delhi Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee was constituted. The members included, among others, R&#257i Bah&#257dur Was&#257kha Si&#7749gh, Jodh Si&#7749gh, Surinderp&#257l Si&#7749gh Advocate, N&#257nak Singh Beant Si&#7749gh and &#256gy&#257p&#257l Si&#7749gh. Chañchal Si&#7749gh was appointed manager.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The partition of India, in 1947, brought about significant demographic changes in Delhi including the influx of a large number of Sikh immigrants from what then became Pakistan. The immigrants were mostly artisans, businessmen and industrialists. While attendance and the finances of the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> improved considerably, group rivalries and factionalism raised their hand, which affected the management of the gurdw&#257r&#257s and the functioning of the Delhi Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. In 1974, the Government of India entrusted the control of <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> to the Delhi Sikh gurdw&#257r&#257s Management Committee (D. S. G. M. C.), a statutory body set up under the Delhi Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257s Act, 1971, and independent of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee at Amritsar. The historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> under the Committee's management include:</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 S&#298S GAÑJ S&#256HIB in Ch&#257ndn&#299 Chowk area of Old Delhi about half a kilometre west of the main Delhi railway station marks the spot where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, N&#257nak IX, was beheaded on 11 November 1675 under the orders of the Mu<u>gh</u>al emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b. <i>See</i> TE<u>GH</u> BAH&#256D&#362R, GUR&#362. The site next to the city Kotw&#257l&#299 where Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh had established his main post was at the time occupied by a mosque which the Sard&#257r had to demolish before raising a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. The <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was later demolished and replaced by a mosque. The case for the demolition of this mosque and its replacement by Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#299s Gañj was taken up with British government after the 1857 Mutiny by R&#257j&#257 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh, ruler of the princely state of J&#299nd. The local Muslims opposed the proposal and took the case to courts. Mosques and <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> appeared on the site alternately during the prolonged litigation. Ultimately, the present building of Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#299s Gañj was raised in 1930 in consequence of the verdict of the British Privy Council. The two-storeyed hall, with only a mezzanine forming the first floor, was barely adequate for the increasing number of devotees and visitors especially after immigration of 1947, and efforts were made to acquire the adjoining Kotw&#257l&#299 (police post) with a view to enlarging the sitting area. Half the Kotw&#257l&#299 precincts were acquired by the Delhi Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257s Management Committee (D. S. G. M. C.) in 1971 at a cost of Rs 1, 625, 000. The other half was offered to the Committee by government in 1983. This led to a programme of large-scale renovation and development. However, the old domed building continues to house the sanctum-sanctorum. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on a gilded palanquin on a raised platform, the basement below which represents the exact spot of execution. The trunk of the tree under which the execution took place is also preserved behind a glass screen. The additional buildings include Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur Niv&#257s, lodgings for pilgrims. The offices of the Delhi Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257s Management Committee are also located in Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#299s Gañj S&#257hib. The Committee publishes a Punjabi religious and literary monthly, the <i>S&#299s Gañj</i>. While all important Sikh days on the annual calendar are observed at the Gurdw&#257r&#257, special programmes are earmarked in honour of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's martyrdom.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 RIK&#256BGAÑJ S&#256HIB on Pa&#7751&#7693it Pant M&#257rg near Parliament House in New Delhi marks the place where the body of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur was cremated. After the execution of the Gur&#363 on 11 November 1675, his headless body and the severed head were left lying in the Ch&#257ndn&#299 Chowk. The awestruck people of Delhi did not dare to come forward and claim the Gur&#363's remains. It was only after nightfall that, while a Ra&#7749ghre&#7789&#257 Sikh, Bh&#257&#299 Jait&#257, picked up the head and carried it post-haste to Anandpur, the body was carried by Bh&#257&#299 Lakkh&#299 Sh&#257h Vañj&#257r&#257 and his son, Nig&#257h&#299&#257, to their house in the R&#257is&#299n&#257 village (now New Delhi). Still afraid of performing an open cremation, they set the house itself on fire and collecting the ashes of the Gur&#363's body in an urn buried them there. When, after the death of Aura&#7749gz&#299b in 1707, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh came to Delhi to meet Prince Mu'azzam, later emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257hI, he with the help of local Sikhs located the site and raised a simple memorial thereon. Later a mosque came to be built on the site which Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh had to demolish when he built Gurdw&#257r&#257 Rik&#257bgañj in 1783. During the Mutiny (1857), the Muslims again demolished the Sikh shrine and rebuilt a mosque here. Sikhs took the matter to the law court which restored possession of the site to them, and they quickly rebuilt the <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. In 1914 another dispute arose, this time regarding the boundary wall of the Gurdw&#257r&#257, a portion of which had been demolished by government for the purpose of straightening a road to the British Viceroy's mansion (now R&#257sh&#7789rapati Bhavan). The Sikhs protested and would have launched an agitation to oppose the proposal. Meanwhile, World War I (1914-1918) broke out on which account the protest was held in abeyance. But as soon as the war ceased, the agitation was resumed. In the end the government yielded and the Gurdw&#257r&#257 wall was rebuilt at public expense.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> GURDW&#256R&#256 RIK&#256BGAÑJ AGITATION.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The construction of the present building of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Rik&#257bgañj S&#257hib was started in 1960 and was completed in 1967-68. It is an impressive white marble structure. The two storeyed building on a high plinth comprises a high-ceilinged hall with a mezzanine at mid-height forming the first floor. It is topped by a pinnacled dome of the type of an inverted lotus, with kiosks adorning the roof corners. The basement below the hall marks the actual cremation site of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's headless body. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 has a vast campus. Besides, about two dozen staff quarters, a sub office of the Delhi Sikh Gurdw&#257r&#257s Management Committee, offices of the Kendri Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, a 65-metre square congregation hall completed in 1980 and Gur&#363 ka La&#7749gar are located on the premises. An institution for the training of young musicians in Sikh <i>K&#299rtan</i> is also functioning here. Sacred relics preserved in the Gurdw&#257r&#257 include two swords, a dagger and two <i>ka&#7789&#257rs</i> (poniards) given by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh to M&#257t&#257 S&#257hib Dev&#257&#7749 before her departure from N&#257nde&#7693 in 1708.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 N&#256NAK PI&#256O (lit. a water booth) situated along Sher Sh&#257h S&#363r&#299 M&#257rg, near Az&#257dpur, on the northern outskirts of Delhi commemorates Gur&#363 N&#257nak's visit to the place during which he got a well dug and a booth set up to serve water to wayfarers. The present building of the Gurdw&#257r&#257 replacing the older shrine was constructed during the 1980's. It is a high-ceilinged hall with a mezzanine forming its first floor. The high dome above the hall is topped by a gilded pinnacle and an umbrella-shaped finial. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a marble palanquin in the middle of the hall. The 40-metre square marble-lined <i>sarovar</i> with colonnades on three sides was built in 1978. The old well is still in use. Two educational institutions-Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur Institute of Electronics and a branch of Gur&#363 Har Krishan Public School - are also functioning on the campus. A flour mill installed here supplies wheat flour to all historical <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> in Delhi for Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar as well as for <i>ka&#7771&#257hpras&#257d</i>. Special congregations take place on the occasion of the death anniversary of Gur&#363 N&#257nak which comes off in September-October.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 MAJN&#362 &#7788ILL&#256 is situated on a mound (<i>&#7789illa</i>) on the bank of the River Yamun&#257 beyond Tim&#257rpur Colony on the outer Ring Road of Delhi.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According to chroniclers, a Muslim recluse lived here during the reign of Sult&#257n Sikandar Lodh&#299 (1488-1517). He used to ferry people across the river but was usually absorbed in prayer and penitence unmindful of his physical health and appearance. People had nicknamed him Majn&#363 after a romantic hero of Persian folklore. Hence the name of the place Majn&#363 k&#257 &#7788ill&#257 (Majn&#363's mound) or Majn&#363 &#7788ill&#257.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gur&#363 N&#257nak during his visit to Delhi met and held discourse with Majn&#363 upon whom he impressed the importance of selfless service of mankind which was far superior to austerities for self-purification. Gur&#363 Hargobind, N&#257nak VI, is also said to have halted for some time at Majn&#363 &#7788ill&#257 on his way to Delhi summoned by Emperor Jah&#257&#7749g&#299r. Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh established a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> here in 1783. Later Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh (1780-1839) had a small marble building constructed which still exists. It is a two-storeyed building comprising a hall with two cubicles at ground floor. Recently a new magnificent hall, 20-metre square, and lined with white marble slabs has been constructed close to the old building.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Old copies of Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib from other <i>gurdw&#257r&#257s</i> in Delhi and the neighbouring states are kept in the mezzanine of the older shrine here till their periodical disposal by consigning them reverently to fire in a small kiln especially built for this purpose. Sunday <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> and community meals at Gurdw&#257r&#257 Majn&#363 &#7788ill&#257 attract large gatherings of devotees. The most important celebration of the year, however, is Bais&#257kh&#299, the birth anniversary of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, when largely attended <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 BA&#7748GL&#256 S&#256HIB near the Gole Post Office about one kilometre from Connaught Place in New Delhi perpetuates the memory of Gur&#363 Har Krishan, who stayed here in the bungalow (ba&#7749gl&#257) or mansion of Mirz&#257 R&#257j&#257 Jai Si&#7749gh during February-March 1664 when he came to Delhi summoned by Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b. Delhi was at that time in the grip of severe cholera and smallpox epidemics. The young Gur&#363 started serving the sick and the destitute and, in the process, himself got smallpox infection. In order to save its spread to the inmates of R&#257j&#257 Jai Si&#7749gh's household, the Gur&#363 shifted to a place on the bank of the River Yamun&#257 where he passed away on 30 March 1664. According to some chroniclers, Gur&#363 Har Krishan breathed his last in R&#257j&#257 Jai Si&#7749gh's house, now the site of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ba&#7749gla S&#257hib, and was only taken to the bank of the Yamun&#257 for cremation.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; R&#257j&#257 Jai Si&#7749gh dedicated the <i>havel&#299</i> or house where the Gur&#363 had stayed to his memory. The Mu<u>gh</u>als demolished this shrine and built a mosque in its place sometime between 1753 and 1775. Sard&#257r Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh R&#257mga&#7771h&#299&#257 razed this mosque during his attack on Delhi on 1 October 1778, and Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh raised Gurdw&#257r&#257 Ba&#7749gl&#257 S&#257hib on the site in 1783. The present building was constructed by Sikhs of Delhi after the partition of 1947. It is a two-storeyed building on a high plinth and has an allround gallery at mid-height of the rectangular domed hall. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is displayed in a wooden palanquin on the ground floor. Another single-storeyed hall, also rectangular in design, has since been constructed adjoining the main hall. The extensive Gurdw&#257r&#257 campus is flanked on the one side by the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar, community kitchen, and by a vast sheet of shimmering water, <i>sarovar</i>, the holy tank, on the other, and is entered through a high archway. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is also served by a charitable hospital, a library and a museum named after Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh. Besides the daily services, special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place on the first of each Bikram&#299 month and other special days on the annual Sikh calendar. The major annual celebration however is the birth anniversary of Gur&#363 Har Krishan falling on S&#257van 10, occurring usually in July.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 B&#256L&#256 S&#256HIB, near Sunlight Colony, on the outer Ring Road of Delhi, marks the site where Gur&#363 Har Krishan was cremated. The place was then right on the bank of the Yamun&#257 which has, however, changed its course since. The Gur&#363, hardly eight years old at the time of his visit to Delhi, became popular among the residents of Delhi as B&#257l&#257 P&#299r (lit. young prophet). Hence the name of the Gurdw&#257r&#257. M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299 and M&#257t&#257 S&#257hib Dev&#257&#7749, consorts of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, were also cremated at this site where a simple memorial shrine had existed when Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh established a larger <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> here in 1783. The present building of Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257l&#257 S&#257hib on an 18-acre estate was constructed in 1955. It comprises a flat-roofed hall, 30 x 25 metres. Its roof is supported by 18 columns. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on a raised platform under a domed canopy of masonry. <i>Sam&#257dh</i> of M&#257t&#257 S&#257hib Dev&#257&#7749 is also under the same roof, only a wooden partition separating it from the sanctum of B&#257l&#257 S&#257hib. It comprises the small kiosk with the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib seated inside it. It is called A&#7749g&#299&#7789h&#257 M&#257t&#257 S&#257hib Kaur. M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299's <i>sam&#257dh</i> is in a separate room, 8 metre square with a verandah around it, flanking the main Gurdw&#257r&#257 B&#257l&#257 S&#257hib. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated here in a marble palanquin.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides the daily morning and evening services, larger <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> and community meals are held on the first of each Bikram&#299 month and on every full-moon day. Most important of all is the death anniversary of Gur&#363 Har Krishan which is observed on Chet <i>sud&#299</i> 14 occurring during March-April.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 M&#256T&#256 SUNDAR&#298, behind J. P. Hospital (formerly Irwin Hospital) near <u>Gh</u>&#257lib Urdu Academy in New Delhi, marks the residence of M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299 and M&#257t&#257 S&#257hib Dev&#257&#7749 from 1727 till their death. The holy mothers had at first been staying in a house in K&#363ch&#257 Dilv&#257l&#299 Si&#7749gh&#257&#7749 in Old Delhi. Following the execution of Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh P&#257lit (adopted son of M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299) in 1725, the ladies went to stay at Mathur&#257, but on return from there after two years they took up residence in a house which came to be called Havel&#299 M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299 K&#299, now Gurdw&#257r&#257 M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299j&#299. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 built during the 1970's is a two-storeyed flat-roofed structure with its facade decorated with projecting windows and kiosks on roof top. Besides the usual morning and evening services, special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> are held on full-moon days. Still larger <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> take place in December every year to mark the death anniversaries of the four sons of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 MOT&#298 B&#256<u>GH</u> is situated on the Ring Road near Dhaul&#257 K&#363&#257&#7749 in New Delhi. It marks the site where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh on his arrival at Delhi in 1707 set up his camp. The <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> here was first established by Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh Karo&#7771si&#7749gh&#299&#257. While its double-storeyed old building is still preserved with the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib presiding it, a new complex was raised in 1980 with a 22-metre square high-ceiling domed hall and a mezzanine at mid-height. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is enshrined in it in a marble palanquin under a canopy. The entire wall surface, exterior as well as interior, is lined with slabs of white marble. The major festival of the year celebrates the first installation of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib in the Harimandar at Amritsar (August).</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;GURDW&#256R&#256 DAMDAM&#256 S&#256HIB near Hum&#257y&#363&#7749's tomb on the outer Ring Road in New Delhi is where a meeting between Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and Prince Mu'azzam (later Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h) took place sometime in May-June 1707. The Gur&#363 agreed to help the latter in his struggle for the throne against his younger brother, Prince '&#256zam. A <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> was established later to mark the spot. Its present building constructed during 1977-84 is a 20-metre square high ceilinged, domed hall on a raised plinth with a mezzanine at mid-height forming the first floor. The entire wall surface is lined with marble slabs. The hall has three doors on each side making the building a <i>b&#257r&#257dar&#299</i> (lit. building with 12 doors). The inner design with arches supporting the mezzanine forming a covered passage under it, duplicates the design followed in the construction of Harimandar S&#257hib at Amritsar. Domed kiosks adorn the roof corners. The most important celebration of the year is on the occasion of Hol&#257 Mohall&#257 festival falling in March.</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> <li class="C1"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1974<BR> <li class="C1"> Trilochan Singh, <i>Historical Sikh Shrines in Delhi</i>. Delhi, 1972<BR> <li class="C1"> Johar, S. S. , <i>The Sikh Gurus and Their Shrines</i>. Delhi, 1976<BR> <li class="C1"> Randhir, G. S. , <i>Sikh Shrines in India</i>. 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