ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DHUB&#7770&#298 (26º-2'N, 89º-55'E)</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="DHUBZ*"> <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">&#65279DHUB&#7770&#298 (26º-2'N, 89º-55'E), on the right bank of the River Brahmputra, in Assam, is sacred to the memory of Gur&#363 N&#257nak and of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. Assam in Indian legend and history has been the land of black magic. Janam S&#257kh&#299s record how at the time of Gur&#363 N&#257nak's visit, his constant companion and follower, Mard&#257n&#257, fell into the clutches of a sorceress who transformed him into a ram, and how the Gur&#363 not only rescued him but also reformed the woman practising witchcraft. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur visited Dhub&#7771&#299 in early March 1670. R&#257j&#257 R&#257m Si&#7749gh of &#256mber, who had been sent by Aura&#7749gz&#299b on a punitive expedition to Assam against the Ahom chief, R&#257j&#257 Chakradhvaj, was with him. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur put up at Dhubr&#299 at a spot overlooking the sprawling river and now marked by Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur J&#299. He brought about peace between the warring armies, and, to celebrate the happy conclusion of a dreaded expedition, he, with the help of R&#257j&#257 R&#257m Si&#7749gh's troops, had a high mound constructed, each soldier contributing five shieldfuls of earth. The small octagonal room with a circular sloping roof and a narrow circumambulatory passage, constructed on top of this mound in 1966, is called Tha&#7771&#257 S&#257hib or Damdam&#257 S&#257hib. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is installed inside the room. The main shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur J&#299, close by, consists of a well ventilated and fly-proofed square hall with wooden walls and a sloping roof of corrugated sheets. The local Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee and the Sikh Pratinidhi Board, Eastern Zone, have planned to extend the building.</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> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>