ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURBAKHSH BH&#256&#298 1</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="GURBA"> <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">&#65279GURBA<u>KH</u>SH, BH&#256&#298, contemporary of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, was the Sikh representative at Jaunpur, in Uttar Pradesh. He was an accomplished musician and sang the sacred hymns with great love and devotion. In the course of his travel across the eastern parts in 1666, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur halted briefly at V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299. Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh led the Jaunpur <i>sa&#7749gat</i> to the Gur&#363's presence to pay homage to him. The Gur&#363, pleased with his recital of <i>k&#299rtan</i>, blessed him and bestowed on him a <i>mrida&#7749g</i>, a double-sided Indian drum. From that day, the <i>sa&#7749gat</i> at Jaunpur came to be known as Mrida&#7749gv&#257l&#299 Sa&#7749gat. In 1670, travelling from Pa&#7789n&#257 to Delhi Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur passed through Jaunpur where he stopped for a few days with Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh. Till the beginning of the present century, the <i>mrida&#7749g</i> gifted by the Gur&#363 was said to have been preserved as a sacred relic, but it is no longer traceable.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1982<BR> <li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>