ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUR&#362SAR 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="GURjSAR"> <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">&#65279GUR&#362SAR, a village in Ba&#7789hi&#7751&#7693&#257 district, 25 km east of Jaito (30º-26'N, 74º-53'E), is a new habitation named after a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 X Gur&#363sar, commemorating the visit of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who happended to come here following the chase from D&#299n&#257 in December 1705. Here Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh stayed for a short while on the bank of a pool of water, which Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, describes as Rukh&#257l&#257, probably because of the thick growth of trees (<i>rukkh</i>, in Punjabi) around it. The place then formed part of the village of Jal&#257l, 2 km to the southeast of it. The habitation that originally grew up near the Gurdw&#257r&#257 was washed away in the floods of 1950, but the old shrine stood intact. In this domed shrine, marking the site where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh alighted for rest, is preserved a bedstead said to have been used by him. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated in one of the rooms constructed recently. The old pool, converted into a lined <i>sarovar</i>, is at the back of the shrine. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is maintained by the village <i>sa&#7749gat</i>.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sa&#7749tokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR> <li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> T&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sri Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<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>