ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HARP&#256LPUR</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="HARPLPUR"> <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">&#65279HARP&#256LPUR, a village in Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 district about 20 km south of R&#257jpur&#257 (30º-28'N, 76-37'E), has a historical shrine called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sr&#299 Mañj&#299 S&#257hib P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 IX, dedicated to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who, according to local tradition, visited the site on M&#257gh <i>sud&#299</i> 7, 1731 Bk/23 January 1675. The Gur&#363 is said to have stayed under a banyan tree, about 100 metres north of the village. A modest-looking shrine was established here later. The banyan tree no longer exists, and the old shrine was demolished in 1933, when Sant Sundar Si&#7749gh V&#299rakt (d. 26 April 1935) commenced the construction of the present building. The building, a rectangular hall on a raised plinth, with a square sanctum, was completed after 1947. The ribbed lotus-dome has a gold-plated pinnacle, and there are decorative octagonal domed pavilions on top of the pillars at the corners. The Gurdw&#257r&#257, managed by a local committee, runs a class for training young boys in scripture-reading and <i>k&#299rtan</i> as well as a government-aided primary school.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>