ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#7692UGGHR&#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=" UGGHR*"> <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&#7692UGGHR&#298, 5 km east of Chamkaur S&#257hib (30º-53'N, 76º- 25'E) in Ropa&#7771 district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh passed through this village on his way to Chamkaur on 6 December 1705, after leaving Anandpur. It had also been visited by his predecessor, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur. Gurdw&#257r&#257. P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 9 and 10, commemorating successive visits by the Gur&#363s, was constructed by the villagers in the early 1930's near an old banyan tree. A new and bigger building for the Gurdw&#257r&#257 has been raised recently. The shrine is maintained and managed by the village <i>sa&#7749gat</i> or community.</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>