ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HAR&#298PUR&#256</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="HAR*PUR"> <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">&#65279HAR&#298PUR&#256, an old village 15 km west of Abohar (30º-8'N, 74º-12'E) in F&#299rozpur district of the Punjab, is sacred to Gur&#363 N&#257nak and Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. A deep pool of water to the north of the village was an ancient place of pilgrimage known as Ba&#7693 T&#299rath. Gur&#363 N&#257nak had visited it during his travels in the region. So did Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh in 1706 soon after the battle of Muktsar.Gurdw&#257r&#257 Charan P&#257k P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 I on the bank of the Ba&#7693 T&#299rath was established in 1876. The present building was constructed in February March 1947 when the pool was also lined. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is seated on a platform at the far end of a flat-roofed rectangular hall. The Gurdw&#257r&#257 is affiliated to the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee. There are very few Sikh families in Har&#299pur&#257 itself, but Sikh and non-Sikh devotees from the surrounding villages gather on every new moon to have a d&#299p in the sacred pool and hold a <i>d&#299v&#257n</i>. Larger gatherings take place on the new-moon day in Ph&#257gun (January -February) and on the full-moon day of Kattak to mark the birth anniversary of Gur&#363 N&#257nak.</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>