ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DHARAM DHUJ&#256</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="DHARAM,DHUJ"> <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">&#65279DHARAM DHUJ&#256, lit. standard or banner of <i>dharma</i> or faith, is the popular name of Akh&#257&#7771&#257 Nirmal Panth Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299; a seminary at Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 in the Punjab belonging to the Nirmal&#257 sect of the Sikhs. Now affiliated to the Nirmal Pañch&#257it&#299 Akh&#257&#7771&#257 at Kankhal near Haridv&#257r, Dharam Dhuj&#257 was the first permanent centre of the Nirmal&#257s established in 1862 under the patronage of the rulers of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, N&#257bh&#257, J&#299nd and Kals&#299&#257.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> NIRMAL PAÑCH&#256IT&#298 AKH&#256&#7770&#256.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">J&#299t Si&#7749gh S&#299tal<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>