ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUR&#362SAR</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, village 11 km northwest of Gidda&#7771b&#257ha (30º-12N, 74º-39'E) in Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdw&#257r&#257 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib, sacred to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who visited the place in 1706 on his way from Muktsar to Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, situated on the bank of the village pond, comprises the old Mañj&#299 S&#257hib, a domed octagonal structure skirted by a covered circumambulatory passage, and an assembly hall, added more recently. The 50-metre square <i>sarovar</i> is also a later addition. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 owns 25 acres of land and is managed by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. Special <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> are held to mark major anniversaries on the Sikh calendar.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>