ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GONDPUR</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="GONDPUR"> <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">&#65279GONDPUR, village 22 km south of Hoshi&#257rpur (31º-32'N, 75º-55'E), in the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 &#7788&#257hl&#299 S&#257hib, dedicated to Gur&#363 Hargobind, who came here from Pur H&#299r&#257&#7749 on his way to K&#299ratpur and stayed in a grove of <i>&#7789&#257hl&#299</i> trees. A platform was raised on the site amid the grove as a memorial which came to be called Gur&#363 ki&#257&#7749 &#7788&#257hli&#257&#7749. The platform was later replaced by a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i>. The present building, constructed in 1930, is a rectangular hall, with a sanctum at the northern end. A square room with a lotus dome above it tops the sanctum. In the adjoining compound are the Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and rooms for the <i>granth&#299</i>. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee, is managed by a local committee. Besides daily services, special assemblies are held on the first and thirteenth of every Bikram&#299 month, on the latter especially because of the belief that it was on the thirteenth day of the month of Ph&#257gun that Gur&#363 Hargobind visited the place.</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>