ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HAK&#298MPUR</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="HAK*MPUR"> <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">&#65279HAK&#298MPUR, a village 9 km southeast of Ba&#7749g&#257 (31º-11'N, 76ºE) in Jalandhar district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine called Gurdw&#257r&#257 N&#257naksar, sacred to Gur&#363 N&#257nak (1469-1539), who, according to local tradition, once halted here travelling from Kart&#257rpur (R&#257v&#299). Gur&#363 Har R&#257i, N&#257nak VII, (1630-61) also visited this village and stayed here for some time during one of his journeys between Kart&#257rpur and K&#299ratpur. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is about one kilometre north of the village. The present three-storeyed building built in 1974 by B&#257b&#257 Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh Har&#299&#257&#7749vel&#257&#7749v&#257le comprises a marble-floored hall, which encloses at the far end the 4-metre square old room got built by Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh (1780-1839) and used as the sanctum sanctorum. The dome atop the third storey has a gilded pinnacle. Gur&#363 k&#257 La&#7749gar and residential quarters are to the east of the main building and the <i>sarovar</i> or bathing tank to the south of it. An annual religious fair is held in September. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee but is maintained by Niha&#7749gs of the Taru&#7751&#257 Dal led by B&#257b&#257 Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh of Har&#299&#257&#7749vel&#257&#7749.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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>