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<p class="C1">&#65279GHUM&#256&#7750, village 10 km west of Sr&#299 Hargobindpur (31º-41'N, 75º-29'E) in Gurd&#257spur district of the Punjab. N&#257mdev (1270-1350), the much-revered saint of Mah&#257r&#257sh&#7789ra, some of whose hymns are included in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, lived in this village for a considerable time. Most of his years until the age of 55 were spent at Pa&#7751&#7693harpur, in Shol&#257pur district of Mah&#257r&#257sh&#7789ra. Then he journeyed extensively through north India and returned to Mah&#257r&#257sh&#7789ra after 18 years. During this period, he also visited the Punjab and, according to tradition, made Ghum&#257&#7751 his seat of residence.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The temple at Ghum&#257&#7751 which, according to local tradition, has existed since the fourteenth century was renovated by Jass&#257 Si&#7749gh R&#257mga&#7771h&#299&#257 (d. 1802), and the tank attached to it repaired by Sad&#257 Kaur (d. 1832), head of the Kanhaiy&#257 <i>misl</i> and mother-in-law of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. The main shrine, called Darb&#257r S&#257hib B&#257b&#257 N&#257mdev J&#299, is an octagonal domed room, with marble floor and projecting windows and balconies. In the centre of it is a stone fixed on a marble-lined platform under a marble pavilion, hexagonal in shape. A brass sheet shows the embossed figure of Bhagat N&#257mdev in a sitting posture reviving a dead cow. Next to this shrine is the <i>sam&#257dh</i> of B&#257b&#257 Bahu&#7771 D&#257s, the principal disciple of N&#257mdev in the Punjab.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in a separate rectangular room commemorating Gur&#363 Hargobind's visit to the shrine. The temple is managed by Sr&#299 N&#257mdev Darb&#257r Committee of Ghum&#257&#7751 . An annual fair is held on 1 and 2 M&#257gh (mid-January) in the belief that N&#257mdev died here at Ghum&#257&#7751 on 2 M&#257gh 1406 Bk.</p>
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