ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#7692U&#7692&#7692H&#298</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=" U  H*"> <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&#7692U&#7692&#7692H&#298, a village 7 km to the southwest of L&#257&#7693v&#257 (29º -59'N, 77º -3'E) in Kurukshetra district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257, has a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Dio&#7771h&#299 S&#257hib, dedicated to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. As he was travelling in those parts, the Gur&#363 was invited by the inhabitants to visit their village. By this they wished to expiate a misdemeanour they had committed. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur accepted their invitation and gave them his blessing. The villagers constructed a platform to commemorate his visit. A Mañj&#299 S&#257hib was raised on the site in 1923 by Sikhs from the neighbouring villages, there being no Sikh families in &#7692u&#7693&#7693h&#299 itself. The marble-floored Mañj&#299 S&#257hib now stands within a spacious hall and has a domed pavilion above it. A lone <i>granth&#299</i>, custodian, looks after the shrine. Devotees from the neighbourhood gather in large numbers on the first of each Bikram&#299 month when <i>k&#299rtan</i> and community meals take place. A largely attended annual fair is held on 20 M&#257gh (early February).</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>