ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#7692IKKH</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=" IKKH"> <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">&#65279&#7692IKKH, village 12 km to the north of Mau&#7771 Kal&#257&#7749 (30º-4'N, 75º-14'E) in. Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who visited it during his travels in these parts. According to <i>S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, an humble Sikh entreated the Gur&#363 to come and put up in his house. The Gur&#363 accepted his invitation. He blessed his host who had served him with complete devotion. The Sikh, who was childless, had four sons thereafter. A memorial platform raised in honour of the Gur&#363, about 200 metres west of the village, was later buried under sand; but, as memory of the Gur&#363's visit survived, it was uncovered again and a single-room <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> established on the site in 1917. The shrine, now known as Gurdw&#257r&#257 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Nauv&#299&#7749, comprises a domed sanctum within a square hall with a verandah on three sides. In an adjacent compound on a lower level are the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and rooms for pilgrims. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 10 acres of land and is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Special congregations take place on full-moon days.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR> <li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<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>