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<p class="C1">&#65279GUR&#362SAR P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 X, GURDW&#256R&#256, lending its name to the village that has grown in its neighbourhood, stands near Sar&#257v&#257&#7749, a village 10 km south east of Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257 (30º-35'N, 74º-49'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789  district of the Punjab. It marks the site where Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh put up on his way from D&#299n&#257 to Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257 in December 1705. According to <i>S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, residents of Baihbal and Sar&#257v&#257&#7749 villages took some of the Sikhs accompaning Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh to their homes for meals. As they returned to the camp, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh asked each one of them what he had been given to eat. One of them, Mail&#257gar Si&#7749gh by name, answered, "I have enjoyed the best feast of my life," but would not say more. The Gur&#363 thereupon sent for the host who had entertained Mail&#257gar Si&#7749gh. He shyly confessed that he was so poor that he could offer to his guest nothing better than some dried <i>p&#299l&#363</i>, fruit of <i>va&#7751</i> tree (<i>Quercus incana</i>), soaked in warm water. The Gur&#363 praised the host who had offered in hospitality all he had and the guest who was content with whatever he had been given.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is an old two-storeyed building on the eastern edge of the village of Gur&#363sar. The sanctum, 5 metre square, is on the ground floor. Here on the walls are painted scenes from Hindu mythology while the walls of the room above are decorated with pictures of the Sikh Gur&#363s and some old <i>mahants</i> or custodians of the shrine. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, endowed with 40 acres of land, is now controlled by Niha&#7749gs of the Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 Dal. Besides the daily prayers, special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> are held on the first of every Bikram&#299 month. Two annual festivals observed are Bais&#257kh&#299 which falls in the middle of April and M&#257gh&#299 which comes off in the middle of January.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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>Sr&#299 Gur T&#299rath Sa&#7749grahi</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR>
<li class="C1"> &#7788h&#257kar Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gurdu&#257re Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1923<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR>
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