ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DHALEO</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background:#EAF1F7 url('../images/gtbh.jpg') no-repeat fixed 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="DHALEO"> <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">&#65279DHALEO, locally called Dhalev&#257&#7749, village 6 km southeast of Bh&#299kh&#299 (30º-3'N, 75º-33'E) in M&#257ns&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who arrived here travelling from Bh&#299kh&#299 during his sojourn in the M&#257lv&#257 region. It is said that as Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur was riding towards Ga&#7751&#7693h&#363&#257&#7749 to see an old Sikh, Bh&#257&#299 Mu<u>gh</u>l&#363, lying on his death bed, he noticed a <i>jog&#299</i> in meditation on the bank of the pond at Dhaleo. The Gur&#363 alighted here on his way back from Ga&#7751&#7693h&#363&#257&#7749 and held a discourse with the <i>jog&#299</i>, whose name was Tuls&#299 D&#257s. The Gur&#363 recited the following <i>&#347abda</i> to him :</p> <blockquote class="C1"><p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why dost thou go to a forest in search of Him ?</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All-pervading yet ever detached,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He resideth inside thee.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As fragrance is in the flower, and reflection in the mirror,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So the Lord liveth everywhere;</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Search for Him in thy heart, Brother.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Knowest the same Light within and without,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the knowledge imparted by the Gur&#363.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Without knowing the Self, says N&#257nak,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The crust of illusion is not erased</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (GG, 684).</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote></p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tuls&#299 D&#257s, thus instructed and liberated, dedicated himself to preaching the Gur&#363's message. A memorial platform was raised later on the spot where the discourse had taken place. A proper shrine, called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 IX, was constructed in 1916 near the village pond on the northern outskirts of the village. The present building on a low mound consists of a domed sanctum with a rectangular hall, in front. The older building is now used as lodgings for the <i>granth&#299</i>, Scripture-reader or Gurdw&#257r&#257 custodian. Recently, traces of brick-lined steps leading down to the water level have been found in a corner of the pond, signifying the existence of an old <i>sarovar</i> which the village committee managing the Gurdw&#257r&#257 now proposes to renovate.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>