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<p class="C1">&#65279&#7692HILV&#256&#7748, village 25 km from Barn&#257l&#257 (30º-23'N, 75º-34'E), is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who, according to local tradition, stayed here for several months in the course of one of his journeys across the M&#257lv&#257 country. Large numbers of people in the area were converted to his teaching. Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Nauv&#299&#7749, commemorating his visit, is on the southeastern outskirts of the village. The building comprises Tap Asth&#257n, seat of meditation, marking the site where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur used to sit in contemplation, a <i>d&#299v&#257n</i> hall and the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar. The Tap Asth&#257n, a square domed room on a plinth, contains only a platform, reverently covered with a fabric length. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated under a canopy in the middle of the hall. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 55 acres of land and is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Besides the daily services and major Sikh anniversaries, solar eclipses are, marked by special celebration.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR>
<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>
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