ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GA&#7750&#7692H&#362&#256&#7748</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="GAF HjD"> <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">&#65279GA&#7750&#7692H&#362&#256&#7748, a village 20 km southwest of Sun&#257m (30º-7'N, 75º-48'E) in Sa&#7749gr&#363r district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine dedicated to the memory of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who visited it in the course of his travels in these parts. According to local tradition, a resident of the village, Bh&#257&#299 Mugl&#363, was a devotee of Gur&#363 Hargobind and had shown his prowess in the battle of Mehr&#257j (1634). The Gur&#363, pleased at his devotion and valour, had invited him to ask for a boon. Bh&#257&#299 Mugl&#363 said that his only wish was that he should be favoured with a glimpse of the Gur&#363 before he breathed his last. It is said that Gur&#363 Hargobind, after a moment's reflection, told him that this would not be possible, for Bh&#257&#299 Mugl&#363 might outlive him. Yet he added that he might still see the Gur&#363 before he died. Years rolled on, and Bh&#257&#299 Mugl&#363, old and feeble, awaited death. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, so the tradition continues, was at that moment amid a group of disciples at Bh&#299kh&#299, some 20 km to the west of Ga&#7751&#7693h&#363&#257&#7749. It is said that he suddenly went into meditation, and then ordered his horse to be made ready. Riding through Dhaleo and K&#257&#7751akv&#257l, he reached the house of Bh&#257&#299 Mugl&#363, who lay gasping for breath. Bh&#257&#299 Mugl&#363 was overwhelmed with joy and joining his palms in reverence and, shedding tears of thankfulness, he passed away in perfect peace. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had the rites of cremation performed before returning to Bh&#299kh&#299.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A shrine was established by the devotees marking the site east of the village where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had stood watching the cremation of his disciple. The present Mañj&#299 S&#257hib, a two-storeyed octagonal structure with a dome above, was constructed in 1937. An assembly hall, a row of rooms for officiants and pilgrims and the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar were added later. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated both in the Mañj&#299 S&#257hib and in the hall.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 44 acres of land and is administered by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee through a local committee. The most important annual event is the martyrdom anniversary of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur.</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>